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UN chief Guterres urges maximum restraint in Yemen after separatist advance

AL-Monitor
Dec 17, 2025
FILE PHOTO: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks with Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni (not pictured) during the Reuters NEXT conference, in New York City, New York, U.S., December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks with Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni (not pictured) during the Reuters NEXT conference, in New York City, New York, U.S., December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo — Brendan McDermid

UNITED NATIONS, ​Dec 17 (Reuters) - ​United Nations ⁠Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urged ​all parties ‍in Yemen ​to exercise maximum restraint after an ⁠advance by southern separatists that risks rekindling a 10-year-old civil war ​after ⁠a ⁠long lull.

He also said the operating environment had ‌become untenable ​in the areas held by the Iran-aligned ‍Houthi movement - Yemen's capital ‌Sanaa and ‌the heavily populated northwest.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols, editing ⁠by David Ljunggren)