UN Security Council condemns Houthi actions in Yemen, threatens further measures
The United Nations Security Council will on Sunday condemn the takeover of much of Yemen and its institutions by the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi militia and warn of "further measures" if hostilities do not end, diplomats said.
In a statement that will be formally adopted at a meeting on Yemen later on Sunday, the 15-member body also stated its support for Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the diplomats said on condition of anonymity. Yemen has been hurtling towards civil war since last year when the Iran-allied Houthis seized Sanaa and advanced into Sunni Muslim areas, leading to clashes with local tribes and energising a southern separatist movement. Earlier on Sunday, Houthis took over the central city of Taiz in an escalation of a power struggle diplomats say risks drawing in neighboring oil giant Saudi Arabia and its main regional rival Iran.
