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               UN Security Council to Vote on Yemen Arms Embargo

   by VOA News

   The United Nations Security Council is due to vote Tuesday on a draft
   resolution that would impose an arms embargo on the leaders of Yemen's
   Houthi rebels and demand the group withdraw from Sana'a and other areas
   it has captured.

   The measure drafted by Jordan and Arab Gulf countries would also impose
   a travel ban and an asset freeze on rebel leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
   as well as Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the son of Yemen's former
   president who supports the Houthis.

   The council has already imposed those bans against the former president
   and two senior Houthi leaders.  The new resolution would place the arms
   embargo on all five men.

   It was not clear ahead of the vote whether Russia would use its veto
   power as one of the five permanent Security Council members in order to
   block the measure.  Russia argued that the arms ban should apply to all
   parties in the conflict that has pitted the Houthis against forces
   backing the internationally recognized President Abd-Rabbu Mansour
   Hadi.

   A Saudi-led coalition has been carrying airstikes against the Houthi
   rebels.

   As the fighting continued Monday, aid group Doctors Without Borders
   said it airlifted 15 tons of supplies into Sana'a and was working to
   establish additional supply routes by sea to the southern port city of
   Aden.

   The head of the group's mission in Yemen, Marie-Elisabeth Ingres, said
   moving the supplies into Yemen is only the first step.

   "Getting aid into the country is only part of the challenge," said
   Ingres. "Due to the fighting and insecurity within Yemen, we are also
   facing difficulties assessing the needs and deploying staff and
   supplies to the areas where the needs are greatest."

   The fighting in Yemen has killed more than 600 people and forced
   100,000 people from their homes.
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