UK reaffirms support for Yemen amid Houthi escalation during talks with Yemeni leader

LONDON: Stephen Doughty, British minister of state for the Middle East, reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to providing humanitarian assistance to Yemen following talks with Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi on the worsening crisis caused by Houthi attacks. “An honor to meet President Rashad Al-Alimi of Yemen earlier this week,” Doughty wrote on X on Thursday. “We discussed the intolerable suffering caused by Houthi escalation in Taiz and across Yemen. The UK stands with the Y