UN envoy to Yemen warns of a devastating regional escalation

24/7/2024 7:40

        The U.N. envoy for Yemen warned Tuesday that recent developments in the Red Sea, Israel and inside the country "show the real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation" - but he also pointed to a glimmer of hope.
        
        Hans Grundberg said Yemen’s warring parties - the internationally recognized government and Houthi rebels - informed him Monday night "that they have agreed on a path to de-escalate a cycle of measures and countermeasures which had sought to tighten their grip on the banking and transport sectors."
        
        But he warned the U.N. Security Council that seven months of escalating actions reached "a new and dangerous level last week" which saw a Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv and Israeli retaliatory attacks on Yemen’s key port of Hodeida and its oil and power facilities.