The Houthi group bans the travel of foreign employees of international and UN organizations.. Why?

 Anticipating the meeting of the Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation (SCMCHA)

Yemeni media sources revealed that the Houthi group issued a decision banning the travel of all foreign employees of international and UN organizations from areas under its control.

Yemeni journalist, Fares Al-Hamri, said in a tweet on the "X" platform that the Houthi group issued a decision banning the travel of all foreign international employees working in international and UN organizations headquartered in Sana'a.

Al-Hamri quoted special sources as saying that the Houthi group indicated that the decision to ban the travel of foreign employees will remain in effect until another circular is issued canceling it.

Ban on the travel of employees of international and UN organizations

According to the sources, the circular and decision to ban travel coincided with the group's request from international and UN organizations to have all their officials and employees attend a meeting to be held in a few days in Sana'a with the group's Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation (SCMCHA).

This step comes two weeks after the Houthi Council (Skmsha) issued a circular to representatives of international organizations operating in areas controlled by the group, demanding that they quickly provide detailed information about their functional structure, including the names of employees and their job titles.

Obtaining prior permission

The Houthi Council also stipulated in its circular that international organizations must obtain prior permission from it to employ any local or foreign employees to carry out any humanitarian activities in Yemen.

These measures are the latest escalation by the Houthi group against UN, international and local organizations in areas under its control, after it carried out a wide kidnapping campaign in early June in areas under its control that included about 70 Yemeni employees from UN agencies, international and local organizations.

Incitement campaign against UN organizations

Following the kidnapping campaign, the Houthi group launched an unprecedented incitement campaign against the work of UN and foreign organizations in Yemen, alleging that their activities were "espionage" for the benefit of American and Israeli intelligence, by broadcasting confessions extracted from 9 former Yemeni employees of the US embassy in Sana'a who were kidnapped about three years ago.