UN to vote on arms embargo against Yemen rebel leaders
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The UN Security Council scheduled a vote Tuesday on a draft resolution that would impose an arms embargo on leaders of Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels and their key supporters, ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his son.
The resolution is aimed at ending the Houthis military campaign against supporters of the embattled current president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, and the rebels' attempt to take over the strategic Mideast country.
Saudi-led airstrikes in support of Hadi and escalating fighting on the ground between the Houthis and Hadi's supporters have pushed the Arab world's poorest nation to the brink of collapse.
Russia has insisted on an arms embargo on all parties to the conflict - not just the Houthis and their supporters - and diplomats said Monday it isn't clear whether Moscow will abstain or veto the resolution. They spoke on condition of anonymity because negotiations have been private.
