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U.N. panel demands Iran-backed Yemen rebels cease Red Sea attacks

The U.N. Security Council resolution condemned Houthi attacks in shipping lanes for a second time this year.

Fishing boats in Yemen's western Al Hudaydah province
Fishing boats in Yemen's western Al Hudaydah province that includes the country's principal port along the southern Red Sea (Ammar Mahmood/Unsplash)

 The U.N. Security Council called on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to immediately stop attacking ships – its second such demand this year, after the first went unheeded – and called for urgent international action.

The 15-nation panel's resolution on Thursday described the Iran-backed rebels' attacks as a maritime threat but did not repeat their claims they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza due to the Israel-Hamas war.

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