The World Food Programme is terminating contracts for all its staff in Houthi-held areas of Yemen, a UN source in the country has told The National.
The source said the “alarming and sad” decision had been made in response to several incidents of staff being detained by the Iran-backed Houthis. It will last "until conditions change", a second UN source told The National.
The decision comes as Yemen is expected to enter "its most dangerous food security phase
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