The United States is calling on Iran to halt its transfer of an “unprecedented” amount of weaponry to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, enabling its fighters to attack ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere. U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the U.N.
A Houthi soldier stands on board of the Israeli Galaxy ship which was seized by the Houthis , in the port of Saleef, near Hodeidah, Yemen , Sunday, May. 12, 2024. A Houthi soldier stands alert in front of the Israeli Galaxy ship which was seized by the Houthis , in the port of Saleef, near Hodeidah, Yemen , Sunday, May 12, 2024. A Houthi soldier stands on board of the Israeli Galaxy ship which was seized by the Houthis , in the port of Saleef, near Hodeidah, Yemen , Sunday, May. 12, 2024.
“To underscore the council’s concern regarding the ongoing violations of the arms embargo, we must do more to strengthen enforcement and deter sanctions violators,” Wood said. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the council that the Israeli announcement on May 6 that it was starting its military operation in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, where 1.2 million Palestinians had sought safety, ratcheted up the spiral of escalation in the region “another notch further.”
He sharply criticized the United States and its Western allies, saying their “totally unjustified aggressive strikes” in Yemen violate the U.N. Charter. He said they further complicate an already complex situation and won’t improve the situation in the Red Sea.backed by a coalition of Gulf Arab states has raged since 2014.
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