UN security council to vote on arms embargo against Yemen Houthi rebels

Draft resolution to be put to vote on Tuesday also seeks to impose asset freeze and travel ban on leaders of Houthi rebels and their supporters

• Crisis in Yemen – the Guardian briefing

The UN security council has scheduled a vote on Tuesday on a draft resolution that would impose an arms embargo on leaders of Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels and their key supporters, ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his son.

The resolution is aimed at ending the Houthis’ military campaign against supporters of the embattled current president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, and the rebels’ attempt to take over the strategic Middle East country.

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