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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Samy Magdy

Yemen's Houthi rebels detain 20 UN employees and confiscate equipment

Yemen Mideast Wars - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels detained two dozen U.N. employees Sunday, a day after they raided another U.N. facility in the capital Sanaa, a U.N. official said.

Jean Alam, a spokesman for the U.N. resident coordinator for Yemen, told The Associated Press that the U.N. staffers were detained inside the facility in Sanaa’s southwestern neighborhood of Hada.

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