UNSC Backs Yemen Arms Embargo

The United Nations Security Council has approved an arms embargo on the leaders of Yemen's Shi'ite Houthi rebels and demanded the group withdraw from the capital, Sana'a, and all other territory it has captured. The Council voted 14-0 on a resolution Tuesday, with Russia abstaining. The measure drafted by Jordan and Arab Gulf countries also would impose a travel ban and an asset freeze on rebel leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi and Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the son of...

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