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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UN must block Iranian missile supply to Houthis in Yemen, UK and US say

A Houthi soldier holds a machine gun on a vehicle while on patrol in Sana'a, Yemen.
A Houthi soldier holds a machine gun on a vehicle while on patrol in Sana'a, Yemen. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA

The US and UK have called for a UN maritime inspectorate to do more to prevent Iranian missiles reaching Houthi-controlled ports in the west of Yemen.

The calls during a UN security council briefing on the crisis in Yemen came as a missile believed to have been launched by Yemen’s Houthi militia struck a vessel off the southern city of Aden – but caused no damage – and US forces fired missiles on to Hodeidah international airport.

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