Yemen: Seizure of arms cache prompts UN warning


Issue 941 - 21 Feb 2013 | 2 minute read

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has warned against attempts to destabilise Yemen and threatened the possibility of measures including sanctions, after Sanaa, vocally backed by the United States, sent a formal request asking the council to look into the case of a ship seized in Yemeni waters that it says was carrying weapons made in Iran.

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