New Escalation Campaign: Houthis Storm the Offices of 5 International Organizations in Sana’a

Yemen Monitor/Newsroom:

The Houthis carried out a new campaign of raids targeting the offices of five international organizations on Tuesday evening in Sana’a, detaining a number of their staff, looting important assets, and remaining stationed inside several of them.

Yemeni journalist Fares Al-Hemyari posted on his X account that the offices of the organizations “Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF),” “Islamic Relief Worldwide,” “Action Against Hunger,” “Human Appeal,” and the French organization “ACTED” were targeted.

He explained that the armed Houthi forces stationed themselves inside the Médecins Sans Frontières office and detained a number of staff inside the building. They also confiscated assets and important documents from the office of Islamic Relief Worldwide, located on Hadda Street in central Sana’a.

This campaign comes amidst escalating restrictions against international organizations. The Houthis are still detaining 59 UN organization staff members, having charged them with offenses including espionage for hostile countries. Warnings have been issued about the campaign’s impact on the flow of humanitarian aid and the exacerbation of the humanitarian suffering in Yemen.