2024-01-24 03:11:19
Yemen rebels give U.N., U.S. and British personnel one month to leave
(AFP, Dubai, 23rd) A United Nations official told AFP that the Yemeni Shia rebel “Youth Movement” (Huthi) has issued an ultimatum requiring all U.S. and British personnel at the United Nations and its affiliates to withdraw within one month. Leave Yemen.
According to a letter uploaded to social media and dated January 20, authorities in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen controlled by the Youth Movement, told the United Nations Resident Coordinator that American and British staff had one month to ” Prepare to leave the country”.
“They must be ready to leave once the deadline is reached,” the letter said, adding that 24 hours’ notice would be sent via letter.
Although the Youth Movement controls only a portion of Yemen’s territory, it controls most of the country’s population centers.
United Nations officials confirmed to AFP that they had received the ultimatum.
“The United Nations and its partners are aware of this matter and are waiting to decide the next step,” the official said on condition of anonymity.
Peter Hawkins, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, is also British.
Before the “Youth Movement” issued the expulsion order, the United States and Britain had just launched joint air strikes in an attempt to end the “Youth Movement”‘s attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Such attacks have posed a threat to global trade. .
The United States has carried out multiple air strikes on the targets of the “Youth Movement” and launched the second wave of joint air strikes with the United Kingdom yesterday.
The United States removed the “Youth Movement” from the list of “Specially Designated Global Terrorists” in 2021 to ease the difficulty in providing assistance to this impoverished country; the United States added it to the list once more last week.
Since mid-November last year, the “Youth Movement” has frequently launched missiles and drones from the coast of Yemen to attack so-called Israeli-related ships in support of the Palestinians in Gaza.
The “youth movement” resisted the US and British air strikes and targeted more ships for attack.
As Israel’s largest ally and arms supplier, the United States has formed an international coalition to patrol the Red Sea to protect the safety of commercial transportation. (Translator: Xu Ruicheng/Verification: Lu Yingzi)
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