Yemen Calls for Protecting Refugees from Houthi Attacks

Yemenis at a camp for the displaced in Hodeidah. (AFP)
Yemenis at a camp for the displaced in Hodeidah. (AFP)
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Yemen Calls for Protecting Refugees from Houthi Attacks

Yemenis at a camp for the displaced in Hodeidah. (AFP)
Yemenis at a camp for the displaced in Hodeidah. (AFP)

Yemeni Permanent Representative to the UN, Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi urged the international community and the Security Council to take measures to protect civilians in both cities and refugee camps from terrorist attacks by Iran-backed Houth militias and to protect civilian objects in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Al-Saadi made his remarks Thursday during an open discussion at the Security Council on unanimously adopted civilian protection resolutions.

He stated that the attacks violate international law and international humanitarian law.

They are a real threat to vital facilities, energy supplies, global economy stability, and international and regional security and stability, he added.

“Iran is supplying ballistic missiles to the Houthis, in violation of resolutions 2216 (2015) and 2231 (2015),” he added.

“The international community has to act,” he urged. “We need true accountability here.”

“Despite the truce in Yemen, the Houthis have committed numerous violations in Marib, where 2 million of the 4 million inhabitants are displaced."

Al-Saadi said: “Civilians are being used as human shields in schools, where militias are also storing weapons. Hunger is being used as a weapon of war.”



Lebanon Receives Archival Maps from France on its Borders with Syria

People crosses into Syria through the Masnaa border crossing point in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
People crosses into Syria through the Masnaa border crossing point in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Lebanon Receives Archival Maps from France on its Borders with Syria

People crosses into Syria through the Masnaa border crossing point in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
People crosses into Syria through the Masnaa border crossing point in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s received on Thursday a set of copies of archival documents and maps from France related to its border lines with Syria, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

The maps, delivered at the official request of Lebanon, were handed to Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji.

In a post on its X page, the Foreign Ministry said that Rajji received French Ambassador to Lebanon, Hervé Magro, who delivered a set of historical documents and maps from the French archives related to the Lebanese-Syrian border.

The papers are expected to assist Lebanon in the demarcation process of its land borders with neighboring Syria.