UN chief Guterres urges maximum restraint in Yemen after separatist advance

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 — 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)

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