After the arrest of the UN staff, it stopped its activities in the Houthi-held areas

The United Nations (UN) has announced that it has stopped operations in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled areas after several UN staff were arrested by the armed group in the capital Sanaa.

The United Nations says it is actively engaging with senior Houthi officials to secure the release of all its detained staff. There has been no official statement from the Houthis yet.

This is not the first time the group has arrested UN staff – several staff were arrested last year. The Houthis have arrested about 20 Yemeni employees working at the US embassy over the past 3 years.

Human rights organizations accuse the movement of abducting, torturing and arbitrarily arresting hundreds of civilians.

The Iran-backed Houthis have been fighting the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen for nearly a decade. The conflict, which erupted after the Houthis ousted Yemen’s then-government, has largely stalled for the past two years.

But the Houthis have drawn world attention for their support of Hamas and the Palestinians over the past fifteen months for their attacks on ships in the Red Sea and for firing rockets into Israel.

Their actions provoked retaliatory attacks from the US, Israel and the UK on Houthi positions in Yemen.

He said the Houthis would reduce their attacks on ships since the start of a ceasefire in Gaza and would stop firing on Israel if the demonstrations continued.

But one of the first steps President Trump took when he took office was to order the Houthis. Add to US Foreign Terrorist Organizations list.

Despite all this, the group still controls large areas of Yemen.

The war in Before its launch in 2015, the country was the poorest in the Middle East. Hundreds of thousands of people have died as a result of the conflict or disease and starvation.

UN agencies provide a vital lifeline to millions of Yemenis with food and medical aid.

However, in remote areas outside of major cities and towns, people face difficulties in reaching the people, and Houthi authorities regularly state that they are creating obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian aid in the controlled regions.