Houthi detentions mean aid is ‘untenable’ in militia-held Yemen, UN says, with 800,000 cut off in Taiz

Arab News · 29‏/10‏/2026، 8:51:23 م

NEW YORK CITY: The continuing detention by the Houthis of 71 members of UN staff renders humanitarian operations in parts of Yemen controlled by the militia “untenable,” the UN said on Thursday. It came as more than 800,000 people in and around the besieged city of Taiz remained cut off from deliveries of food and other life-saving aid. Shirin Yaseen, associate spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, told Arab News that the arbitrary detentions “directly affect millions of p