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UN chief urges maximum restraint after separatist advance


UN chief urges maximum restraint after separatist advance

Yemenis members of the Sabahiha tribes of Lahj, who live along the strip between the south and north of the country, gather during a rally to show their support for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), which wants to revive an independent South Yemen, as they wave the old South Yemen flag in Khormaksar Square, in the coastal port city of Aden, the temporary capital of the Republic of Yemen on Dec. 14, 2025. The STC is part of the internationally recognised government, which is a patchwork of groups held together by their opposition to Yemen's Houthi rebels. The Houthis hold most of the country's populated areas, including the capital Sanaa, in the north and west of the country. (Credit: Saleh al-Obeidi/AFP)

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio ‌Guterres on Wednesday urged ⁠all parties in Yemen to ‍exercise ‌maximum ‍restraint after an ‌advance by southern separatists that risks rekindling a ‌10-year-old civil war after a ​long lull.

He also said ​the ‍operating ‍environment had become untenable in the areas held by ‌the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, Yemen's capital Sanaa ⁠and ‌the ‍heavily populated northwest.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio ‌Guterres on Wednesday urged ⁠all parties in Yemen to ‍exercise ‌maximum ‍restraint after an ‌advance by southern separatists that risks rekindling a ‌10-year-old civil war after a ​long lull.

He also said ​the ‍operating ‍environment had become untenable in the areas held by ‌the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, Yemen's capital Sanaa ⁠and ‌the ‍heavily populated northwest.