AFP: United Nations and Western Security Council representatives sounded alarms over renewed risks of conflict in Yemen on Wednesday, after nearly a year and a half of relative calm in the warring country.
UN special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg warned of “public threats to return to war” in the Middle Eastern nation, without offering any specific examples, while the United States and United Kingdom warned of escalating attacks and threats from Houthi rebels.
The poorest country on the Arabian peninsula, Yemen’s economy has collapsed in the eight years of war between Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi coalition-backed government.
The conflict has left hundreds of thousands of people dead and millions displaced, with the UN having accused all parties — including in Saudi Arabia — of committing war crimes.
But the violence has largely subsided since an April 2022 UN-negotiated truce, which was set to expire last October but has more or less held.
