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Yemen facing escalation from Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, UN envoy warns | The Jerusalem Post

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Yemen faces its greatest risk of renewed war since 2022 as fighting intensifies between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-supported army and attacks on Red Sea shipping threaten further regional escalation, UN envoy Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council.

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  • THE MEDIA LINE STAFFBy THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

    Yemen faces its greatest risk of renewed war since 2022 as fighting intensifies between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-supported army and attacks on Red Sea shipping threaten further regional escalation, UN envoy Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council. For more sto…

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