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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Aden - Ali Rabih

UK Urges Yemen’s Houthis to Avoid Escalation, US Calls for Release of 12 Employees

The gate of the US embassy in Sanaa. Photo: Twitter

The British government urges the Houthi militias not to escalate and deal constructively with the efforts of the United Nations envoy to extend the truce in Yemen, according to the UK Government Arabic Spokesperson in MENA, Rosie Dyas.

Dyas said in a statement on Twitter that the Houthis' rejection of the proposal to extend the ceasefire in Yemen jeopardizes the progress made and threatens the chance for peace.

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