Yemen at Risk of Entering Wider Middle East Conflict, UN Special Envoy Warns Security Council, as Several Members Condemn Escalating Houthi Attacks

The conflict expanding across the Middle East has now arrived on Yemen’s shores, the senior United Nations official in the country told the Security Council today, warning that attacks by Houthi militants on critical waterways are imperiling global trade and threatening to pull Yemen into the “vortex” of the wider war.