UN urges de-escalation after Yemen attack on airport

DUBAI: The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen on Monday urged the Ansar Allah group and Yemen's internationally recognised government to turn to diplomacy after the government claimed responsibility for attacks on Sanaa's airport. 'I am actively engaging with all actors and my Office has contacted military representatives from all sides. We are urging them to de-escalate and refrain from any actions that would risk a new cycle of violence in Yemen,' said Hans Grundberg in a post on his office's X account.
The leader of Yemen's governing council said on Monday that he would not expand his confrontation with the Ansar Allah after his forces hit Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian plane carrying a rebel delegation from landing. 'I have also ordered that the scope of the confrontation not be expanded in a manner that would achieve Iran's objective of dragging Yemen and its people into wars,' said Rashad al Alimi, who heads the eight-member Presidential Leadership Council, adding he had called an emergency meeting of the PLC following the flare-up. — AFP