UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended for nine months an asset freeze and travel ban targeting a dozen Yemenis, mainly top members of the Iran-backed Houthi militia, over the ongoing conflict there.
The short Council resolution, adopted unanimously, does not modify the sanctions regime already in place — it simply sets November 15 as the new end date for the measures.
The panel of experts tasked with managing the sanctions saw its mandate extended until December 15.
The Council also reaffirmed the arms embargo, which has targeted the Houthis for the past year. That measure has no expiration date.
Council members discussed the situation in Yemen behind closed doors on Wednesday.
At the last meeting on the issue in January, which was public, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said he was encouraged by what he called an intensification of diplomatic efforts to arrange a new truce in the eight-year war in Yemen.
A truce that began on April 2 last year expired on October 2.
UN Security Council extends sanctions on Houthi leaders for nine months
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UN Security Council extends sanctions on Houthi leaders for nine months
- The short Council resolution does not modify the sanctions regime already in place — it simply sets November 15 as the new end date for the measures
Qatar and Turkiye send thousands of tons of aid to Sudan
- Shipment delivered through partnership between Qatar Fund for Development and Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority
MERSIN, Turkiye: Qatar and Turkiye have dispatched a humanitarian aid vessel carrying more than 2,400 metric tons of relief supplies to Sudan, it was announced this weekend.
The aid is aimed at supporting vulnerable communities affected by conflict, food insecurity and limited humanitarian access, the aid agencies involved said on Saturday.
The shipment, delivered through a partnership between the Qatar Fund for Development and the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, includes food, clothing, tents, blankets and essential household items for displaced and at-risk populations across Sudan.
The dispatch ceremony in Mersin was attended by Attila Toros, the governor of Mersin, alongside AFAD Director Ali Hamza, Qatar’s First Secretary in Turkiye Abdulaziz Al-Hammadi, and a QFD delegation led by Yousef Al-Mulla, acting manager of the humanitarian aid department.
The QFD said it remains committed to easing human suffering and supporting stability and resilience in communities impacted by conflict, and that the initiative highlighted the close cooperation between Qatar and Turkiye in providing coordinated, life-saving humanitarian assistance and responding to urgent needs in crisis-affected regions.
