Houthis said to detain Yemeni staff from UN and US organisations

DUBAI: Houthi security forces have detained at least 15 Yemeni employees of international organisations including the United Nations, three officials of Yemen’s internationally recognised government told Reuters on Friday.

In a series of raids on Thursday (Jun 6), armed Houthi intelligence officers detained nine UN employees, three employees of the US-funded pro-democracy group National Democratic Institute (NDI) and three employees of a local human rights group, the officials said.

Intelligence officers of the Houthi group, which controls the capital Sanaa and large parts of the north of the country, raided the homes and offices of these people, confiscating phones and computers.