
Displaced Yemenis receive humanitarian aid provided by the World Food Program in the Hays region, south of Hodeidah Governorate in western Yemen on Feb. 24, 2024. Khaled Ziad/AFP
The Houthis detained 20 U.N. employees working in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Oct. 19, according to a U.N. official.
Jean Alam, a spokesman for the U.N. resident coordinator for Yemen, told the Associated Press that the terrorist group raided a U.N. facility in Sanaa’s southwestern neighborhood of Hada. Those held include five Yemeni staff and 15 international staff, Alam said. He said another 11 employees were released after questioning.