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UN Envoy Warns of Regional Escalation Amid Growing Houthi Threat to Red Sea Shipping
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UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg has warned the UN Security Council of a potential devastating regional escalation in the Red Sea, Israel, and inside the country. He notes that recent developments have reached a new and dangerous level, with seven months of escalating actions culminating last week. Specifically, Houthi drone attacks on Tel Aviv and Israeli retaliatory strikes on Yemen's key port of Hodeida continue to escalate tensions. Grundberg emphasizes that this is not just a local issue, but has the potential to spread region-wide.
I reiterate my warning to the council that we risk a return to full-scale war and all the predictable human suffering and regional implications that entails.
I remain deeply concerned about the continued targeting of international navigation in the Red Sea and its surrounding waterways.
Recent developments suggest that the threat against international shipping is increasing in scope and precision.
Stopgap measures could serve as band-aids but being serious about building an economy that benefits all Yemenis means that the parties have also to engage on underlying longer-term issues.
I urge the parties to seize this opportunity to find sustainable solutions to these challenges.
Israel-Houtis conflict
- Israel Conducts Military Operations against Yemeni Ports
- Israel Issues Warnings and Conducts Strikes at Yemen's Hodeidah and Port Areas
- US ends bombing campaign against Houthi militants in Yemen
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- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 3.Israel Foreign Policy
- 4.Iran Foreign Policy
- 5.Ethnic tensions
- 6.Saudi Foreign Policy
- 7.Sunni/Shiites Dispute
- 8.Shipping industry
- 9.Yemen Houthis
