Exclusive: U.N. team finds Houthis launched Aden airport attack that killed 22 - diplomats


  • World
  • Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021

FILE PHOTO People injured in an attack on Aden airport rest at a hospital in Aden Yemen December 31 2020. REUTERSFawaz SalmanFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: People injured in an attack on Aden airport rest at a hospital in Aden, Yemen December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation by a U.N. team of experts found Yemen’s Houthis were responsible for a Dec. 30 attack on Aden airport that killed at least 22 people as members of the country’s internationally recognized government arrived, two diplomats familiar with the matter said on Monday.

The experts presented their report to the U.N committee that oversees Yemen-related sanctions during closed consultations on Friday, but Russia blocked its wider release, the diplomats said. They asked for anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

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