The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen raided a United Nations compound in the occupied capital of Sanaa on Saturday and took 20 employees hostage, the latest of several mass kidnappings the Houthis have conducted against U.N. personnel.
U.N. spokesman Jean Alam told the Associated Press (AP) on Sunday that 20 U.N. staffers are being held prisoner at the compound in Sanaa, including five Yemeni nationals and 15 international personnel. Another 11 staffers were released by the Houthis after questioning.
Alam said the U.N. was in contact with the Houthis, and unspecified “other parties,” to “resolve this serious situation as swiftly as…
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