House leaders demand Biden push to free US embassy staff in Yemen

The Houthi rebels detained several Yemenis working for the US government earlier this month.
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Yemeni demonstrators lift an anti-American and Israeli placard beneath a giant national flag as they rally in the capital Sanaa, on August 22, 2020, to protest the US-brokered deal to normalise Emirati-Israeli relations. - MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images
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The leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee want the Biden administration to do more to free US embassy staff in detention in Yemen. 

Democratic. Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York and Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas wrote a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday addressing the issue.

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