The United Nations announced Tuesday a temporary pause in humanitarian work in the Saada region of Yemen after Houthi insurgents kidnapped eight more staffers, bringing the total number in detention to at least 24.
One employee of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) has reportedly died in Houthi captivity.
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgency, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization that refers to itself as Ansar Allah (“Army of Allah”), launched a brutal civil war in Yemen in 2014. The Houthis seized large portions of Yemen, including the capital city of Sanaa, and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
President Joe Biden bizarrely decided to revoke the Houthis’ terrorist designation as one of his first acts in office, ostensibly because designating the Houthis as terrorists would make them angry and impede humanitarian efforts to reach millions…
