US calls on Yemeni Houthis to release staff at local embassy | Conflict Issues

Many detainees have been released but Yemeni militants continue to operate at the US embassy in Sanaa, a US official said.

The United States has asked the Yemeni terrorist group Houthi to release an undisclosed number of Yemeni detainees working at the US embassy in Sanaa.

A company that once existed as an ambassador – jobs moved to Saudi Arabia years ago because of Yemen War – a spokesman for the state department told AFP on Thursday.

Most of the detainees have been released but terrorists continue to work for the Yemeni embassy, ​​the prophet said.

“We are concerned that staff at the US embassy in Sanaa in Yemen continue to be detained without explanation and we request that they be released immediately,” the official said, urging Houthis to “leave” the scene and return all the arrests.

The US relocated the ambassador to Riyadh in 2015 as a result of the civil war in Yemen.

Conflict started in late 2014 while the Houthis occupied large parts of the country, including the capital Sanaa. It escalated in March 2015 when Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates rallied a US-backed force to try to overthrow the government of Riyadh-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Saudi Arabia considers the Houthis to be proxies of Iran, allegations that terrorists and Tehran deny.

The battle has begun a major humanitarian crisis, about 80 percent of Yemen’s 30 million people depend on aid for survival.

United Nations he said Last year about 233,000 people died as a result of the conflict.

At Tuesday’s meeting, State Department spokesman Ned Price he said The Biden government was “deeply moved” by reports of staff members’ actions at the US embassy in Sanaa.

“We have seen progress and are continuing to address this issue. Most of those arrested are no longer in prison, “Price told reporters, giving no indication of the number of employees being detained or why.

“We are committed to ensuring the safety of those who serve the US government overseas, which is why we are actively involved in this matter, including those with whom we work around the world,” he said.

Earlier this year, US President Joe Biden he announced the end of American aid to Saudi Arabia’s “disgraceful activities” in Yemen, including “trafficking of essential weapons”.

Washington last week agreed to sell for $ 650m of aviation missions to Riyadh, which the Pentagon said on November 4 “will support US foreign policy and US security in helping to improve the security of the friendly country which continues to be an important part of the political and economic development of the Middle East”.