UN confirms 11 staff detained by Houthis in Yemen

The world body says it is pursuing all available channels to secure their personnel's safe release.

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The employees were taken in various parts of the conflict-torn country, in what appears to be a co-ordinated crackdown.

UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said the world body was pursuing all available channels to secure their safe and unconditional release as rapidly as possible.

The armed group sees itself as part of an Iranian-led "axis of resistance" against Israel, the US and the wider West, and has declared its support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The Houthis have been targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea, triggering retaliatory air strikes by the US and its allies.

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