US condemns Houthis for holding American, UN staff

LONDON: The US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking on Thursday condemned the Houthi militia for his or her continued detention of present and former staff of the American authorities and the UN.

“It’s nonetheless extraordinarily unlucky and we condemn the Houthi detention of 12 of our present and former US and UN employees, they’re nonetheless being held incommunicado in Yemen, in Sanaa,” he instructed reporters throughout a press briefing on the renewal of the nation’s truce.