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Iranian-backed Houthi rebels detained 2 twelve UN employees Sunday (October 19, 2025), a time aft they raided different UN installation successful the superior Sanaa, a UN authoritative said.
Jean Alam, a spokesperson for the UN nonmigratory coordinator for Yemen, told The Associated Press that the UN staffers were detained wrong the installation successful Sanaa's southwestern neighbourhood of Hada.
He said those detained Sunday (October 19) see 5 Yemenis and 15 planetary staff. He said the rebels released different 11 UN staffers aft questioning.
He said the UN was interaction with the Houthis and different parties “to resoluteness this superior concern arsenic swiftly arsenic possible, extremity the detention of each personnel, and reconstruct afloat power implicit its facilities successful Sanaa.”
A 2nd UN official, speaking spoke connected information of anonymity to sermon the raid, said the rebels confiscated each communications instrumentality from the facility, including phones, servers and computers.
The authoritative said the detained employees beryllium to aggregate UN agencies including the World Food Programme, UNICEF and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The Houthis person launched a long-running crackdown against the UN and different planetary organisations moving successful rebel-held areas successful Yemen including Sanaa, the coastal metropolis of Hodeida and the rebel stronghold successful Sadaa state successful bluish Yemen.
Dozens of people, including implicit 50 UN staffers, person been detained truthful far. A World Food Programme idiosyncratic died successful detention earlier this twelvemonth successful Sadaa.
The rebels person repeatedly alleged without grounds that the detained UN staffers and those moving with different planetary groups and overseas embassies were spies. The UN fiercely denied the accusations.
The crackdown forced the UN to suspend its operations successful Saada state successful bluish Yemen pursuing the detention of 8 staffers successful January. The UN besides relocated its apical humanitarian coordinator successful Yemen from Sanaa to the coastal metropolis of Aden, which serves arsenic spot for the internationally recognised government.
