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Houthi rebels raided UN offices in Yemen's capital, detaining 11 personnel. The UN condemns these actions amid the ongoing conflict.
(Reuters) -Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels raided United Nations offices in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday and detained at least 11 U.N. personnel, the body said.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Houthis forcibly entered World Food Programme premises, seized U.N. property and attempted to enter other U.N. offices in the capital.
The raid followed an Israeli strike on Sanaa on Thursday that killed the prime minister of Yemen's Houthi-run government and several other ministers.
U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said in a separate statement that the 11 staff were detained in both Sanaa and the port city of Hodeidah.
UNICEF, the U.N. Development Programme and the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees are among other U.N. agencies with offices in one or both of the two cities.
Grundberg said the detentions were in addition to 23 other U.N. staff previously detained, some since 2021, and one who died in detention this year.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols, Mohammed Ghobari, Yazhini MV and Rhea Rose Abraham; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Diane Craft)
Houthi rebels raided United Nations offices in Sanaa, detaining at least 11 personnel and seizing U.N. property.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the raid, stating that the Houthis forcibly entered World Food Programme premises.
In addition to the 11 recent detentions, there are 23 other U.N. staff who have been detained, some since 2021.
The raid followed an Israeli strike on Sanaa that killed the prime minister of Yemen's Houthi-run government and several ministers.
UNICEF, the U.N. Development Programme, and the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees are among the agencies with offices in these cities.
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