Houthis Reject UN’s Plea To Release Hijacked Vessel Claiming It Carried Weapons

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The Houthis strongly criticized the UN’s Security Council, better known as the UNSC, for demanding the release of a seized UAE-flagged vessel. The Houthis seized the vessel ‘Rwabee’, which was transporting supplies from the Yemeni island of Socotra to the port of Jazan on 3 January.

Hussein Al-Azzi Houthi, the Militia official, right away rejected the UN’s plead to free the hijacked ship. Instead, he again repeated that the vessel was loaded with weapons to Support Legitimacy for Coalition in...

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