UN Security Council extends Yemen sanctions by one year
The measures now run until Nov. 14, 2027, and the mandate of the expert panel that monitors them has been extended to Dec. 15, 2027.
The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to keep sanctions on Yemen in place for another 12 months, Turkey's state-run news agency Anadolu Agency reported.
The resolution lets member states impose targeted asset freezes and travel bans on named Yemeni individuals until Nov. 14, 2027.
The council also placed several more people inside Yemen on the sanctions list, a step that expands the number of people facing restrictions.
In the same text, the council condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, both at sea and across the border, along with Houthi threats against commercial shipping.
The UK-backed resolution further extended the mandate of the Yemen Panel of Experts, which gathers evidence on sanctions violations and reports on them to the council, until Dec. 15, 2027.
Fighting between government forces and the Houthis resumed in July, and UN reports put the number of people killed or wounded at 12,000.
The renewed violence ended a calm that had held since April 2022, deepening a humanitarian crisis marked by ongoing combat and mass displacement.
Yemen has been torn by war since September 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and several provinces.
A Saudi-led Arab coalition entered the conflict in March 2015 to back the internationally recognized Yemeni government.
