Yemen - Houthi authorities order US and UK staff of UN and NGOs to Leave Country : Reuters / The Guardian /
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Yemen’s Houthi authorities have ordered US and British staff of the UN and Sana’a-based humanitarian organisations to leave the country within a month.
“The ministry … would like to stress that you must inform officials and workers with US and British citizenships to prepare to leave the country within 30 days,” said a letter sent by the Houthi foreign ministry to the UN’s acting humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, Peter Hawkins.
The letter also ordered foreign organisations to not hire American or British citizens for Yemen’s operations. Houthi top negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam confirmed the letter’s authenticity to Reuters.
The office of Hawkins, who is himself a British national, did not respond to a request for comment. The US and British embassies in Yemen did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The decision follows the US and Britain – with support from other nations – striking military targets of the Iran-aligned group after Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. Yesterday the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, said that his country would be bringing forward sanctions against the Houthis.
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| Peter Hawkins, UNHC, UNICEF |
“The ministry … would like to stress that you must inform officials and workers with US and British citizenships to prepare to leave the country within 30 days,” said a letter sent by the Houthi foreign ministry to the UN’s acting humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, Peter Hawkins.
The letter also ordered foreign organisations to not hire American or British citizens for Yemen’s operations. Houthi top negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam confirmed the letter’s authenticity to Reuters.
The office of Hawkins, who is himself a British national, did not respond to a request for comment. The US and British embassies in Yemen did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The decision follows the US and Britain – with support from other nations – striking military targets of the Iran-aligned group after Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. Yesterday the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, said that his country would be bringing forward sanctions against the Houthis.
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