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Houthis Raid UN Offices in Yemen | 11 Employees Detained Iran-backed Houthi rebels raided UN offices in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, detaining at least 11 staff members. Among those affected were employees from the World Food Programme, WHO, and UNICEF. UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the detentions and demanded their immediate release. Stay tuned for updates on this developing story. #Yemen #UN #Houthis #BreakingNews

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00:00Houthis raid UN offices in Yemen and detain at least 11 employees.

00:05The Iran-backed Houthis raided offices of the United Nations Food,

00:08Health and Children's Agencies in Yemen's capital yesterday, 31,

00:12detaining at least 11 UN employees, officials said.

00:15The rebels tightened security across Sana'a after Israel killed their prime minister and

00:20several cabinet members. Abir Etafa, a spokesperson for the World Food Program,

00:25told the Associated Press that security forces raided the agency's offices in the

00:29Houthi-controlled capital Sunday morning. Also raided were offices of the World Health Organization

00:34and UNICEF, according to a UN official and a Houthi official, who spoke on condition of

00:39anonymity because they weren't authorized to brief the media. The UN official said armed forces raided

00:44the offices and questioned employees in the parking lot. Amar Amar, a spokesperson for UNICEF,

00:50said a number of the agency's staffers were detained, and UNICEF was seeking additional

00:54information from the Houthis. Both Etafa and Amar said their agencies were conducting

00:59a comprehensive headcount of their employees in Sana'a and other Houthi-held areas.

01:04UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in a statement late Sunday said at least 11 personnel

01:09had been detained. He condemned their detentions and the forced entry into the premises of the

01:14World Food Program, the seizure of UN property and attempts to enter other UN premises in Sana'a.

01:21Guterres called for the immediate and unconditional release of the personnel detained Sunday as well

01:26as those detained in the past. The raids were the latest in a long-running Houthi crackdown against

01:31the UN and other international organizations working in rebel-held areas in Yemen. They have

01:36detained dozens of UN staffers, as well as people associated with aid groups, civil society and the

01:41now-closed US embassy in Sana'a. The UN suspended its operations in the Houthi stronghold of Sada in

01:47northern Yemen after the rebels detained eight UN staffers in January.

Houthis Raid UN Offices in Yemen 11 Employees Detained

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