Security Council LIVE: Yemen in Spotlight as Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia Escalate

US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Saudi Arabia Urges UN Action on Yemen Crisis; Check Houthi Attacks, Riyadh Airport Strike and Red Sea Security Concerns Amid Iran War

Saudi Arabia has urged the UN Security Council to address the rapidly deteriorating crisis in Yemen, warning that Houthi attacks, threats to Red Sea shipping and violence against civilians pose risks to international security.

Saudi Arabia urges UN action over Yemen escalation

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United Nations on Friday urged the Security Council to act against risks stemming from a recent escalation in Yemen, including attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure and threats to shipping in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait. Abdulaziz Alwasil said an October 8 attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which killed three Saudi civilians, was the latest episode in what he called a dange…

Security Council LIVE: Yemen in spotlight as Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia escalate

The Security Council meets top of the hour to discuss Yemen, where a Houthi offensive launched in September has sharply escalated the 12-year-long war for control of the country and spillover from the US-Iran war has provoked a new displacement crisis.