Twenty-two employees of the US Embassy in Yemen (pictured), mostly security forces, were kidnapped by Houthi rebels this month. The embassy has been shut since 2015 over security concerns as the country was just beginning to plunge into a devastating civil war
* Iran-backed Houthi fighters kidnapped at least 25 people linked to the United States embassy in Yemen, according to local reports from the region
* The State Department told DailyMail.com that a majority have been set free but that the US 'has been unceasing in its diplomatic efforts' to rescue the rest
* Houthi rebels took 'large quantities of equipment' from the embassy in Sana'a
* The compound was shut down in 2015 over security concerns but it appears that Yemeni security forces were still on the ground guarding it
* Since then fighting has continued into its seventh year, killing thousands
The US embassy compound in Yemen has been overrun by Iran-backed Houthi rebels who also took at least 25 Yemeni employees there hostage, the State Department confirmed on Thursday.
Biden administration officials are demanding the insurgents release all the staff they took prisoner there as well as the equipment they took and that they vacate the property immediately.
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WNU Editor: The embassy has not been in operation since 2015. As for the hostages. They are Yemeni staff and paid local security guards.
More News On Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Storming The US Embassy In Yemen
Yemen's Houthi rebels detain 25 people working for US in Sanaa: Report -- Middle East Eye
US calls for Iran-backed Houthis to release detained Yemeni staffers from embassy -- The Hill
Iran-backed Houthi rebels detain Yemenis working for US Embassy, compound breached -- FOX News
Iran-Backed Militants Storm US Embassy in Yemen, Seize Hostages and Equipment -- Washington Free Beacon
US embassy in Yemen raided, staffers held ‘hostage’ -- RT
US calls on Houthis to ‘immediately release’ Sanaa embassy staff -- Arab News
US calls on Yemen’s Houthis to release local embassy staff -- Al Jazeera
2 comments:
Heroes.
Every one of them.
Houthis are not terrorist....Brandon take this organization out the list of terrorist!
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