The United Nations Security Council is due to vote Monday on a proposal by the United Arab Emirates to impose an arms embargo on Yemen’s Houthis after the group claimed several drone and missile assaults on the country this year, reported Reuters. The measure would expand a targeted UN arms embargo on several Houthi leaders to the whole group. The measure needs nine votes in favour and no vetoes by Russia, the United States, Britain, France or China. A Saudi-led coalition, including the UAE, intervened in Yemen in 2015 after the Iran-aligned Houthis ousted the internationally recognized government from Sanaa. The Houthis say they are fighting a corrupt system and foreign aggression. The coalition, the United States and UN sanctions … Continue reading UN Security Council to vote on Houthi arms embargo