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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - NEW YORK — The United Nations Security Council on Thursday renewed its sanctions regime on Yemen's Houthi militia and moved to cut off supplies of dual-use components and precursor chemicals used by the Iran-aligned group to manufacture drones and missiles.
Unanimously adopted by consensus, the resolution strongly condemned the group’s renewed military escalation inside Yemen alongside its cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia. It demanded that the Houthis immediately halt their domestic offensive, cease strikes against the Kingdom, and end threats to international commercial shipping.
Saudi-led coalition forces have said they intercepted suspected Houthi drones over Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh region and Eastern Province.
Major General Turki al-Maliki, the spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition, announced the interceptions of suspected Houthi drones on Thursday, in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
The Security Council extended a targeted asset freeze and travel ban on members of the militia until Nov. 14, 2027, and renewed the mandate for the UN Panel of Experts on Yemen that monitors the sanctions until Dec. 15, 2027. An arms embargo imposed on the Houthis under Resolution 2216 in April 2015 has no specified end date.
“Today’s adoption by consensus demonstrates this council’s determination to take decisive action against reckless attacks by the Houthis in Yemen and against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the broader region,” said Sarah MacIntosh, the UK’s permanent representative to the UN. Britain is the Council’s penholder on Yemen, which means it has primary responsibility for the Council’s activities relating to the issue.
“We stand in solidarity with the government of Yemen and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the face of these attacks, and we reaffirm their right to defend their security and sovereignty in accordance with international law.”
The resolution aimed to address the growing capability of the militia to arm itself. MacIntosh said it ensured the sanctions regime “keeps pace with the evolving threat from the Houthis.”
UN monitors have found that the militia maintains its arsenal through smuggling and by diverting commercially available parts. This has gradually made it less dependent on outside support and allowed it to produce attack drones locally.
The Council members called on “all parties to refrain from escalatory actions and to resolve differences and disputes through negotiation”, while also backing the territorial integrity of both Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
The resolution emphasized that measures taken for the purpose of maintaining sanctions “shall not apply to humanitarian assistance or supplies for basic needs of civilians, without negatively affecting legitimate trade activities”.
“The council sanctions are merely a means, not an end in themselves,” said Ambassador Fu Cong, China’s envoy to the UN, who hoped that “the situation in Yemen will de-escalate as soon as possible”.
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