UN to vote on a resolution demanding a halt to attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Yemen’s rebels

By EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution that would condemn and demand an immediate halt to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea area. The U.S. draft resolution, obtained late Tuesday by The Associated Press, says at least two dozen Houthi attacks are impeding global commerce “and undermine navigational rights and freedoms as well as regional peace and security.” The Iranian-backed Houthis have said they launched the attacks with the aim of ending Israel’s devastating air-and-ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. The resolution would demand the immediate release of the first ship the Houthis attacked on Nov. 19, the Galaxy Leader, which has links to an Israeli company.