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A crushing international blow is now being dealt to the Houthis …
The Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2837 (submitted by the United Kingdom) during a session on Thursday, November 12, 2026, as part of renewing the Yemen sanctions regime.
Key points:
🚨Sanctions extension: Extending the asset freeze and travel ban measures imposed under Resolution 2140 (2014) for an additional year, until November 14, 2027.
🛞 Renewing the Panel of Experts’ mandate: Extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Yemen until December 15, 2027, increasing its membership to six experts, and adding maritime security specialists.
🚦 Strong condemnation of the Houthis: Condemning the military escalation by the Houthi group, its cross-border attacks against Saudi Arabia, and its threats to commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab.
🚥 Call for an immediate halt: Calling on the Houthis to immediately and unconditionally halt their military escalation and attacks, including those targeting civilians, civilian infrastructure, commercial airports, and international maritime transport.
🪝🪝 Strengthening the arms embargo: Calling on member states to intensify efforts to combat the smuggling of weapons and their components (including dual-use components and precursor chemicals) by land and sea, and to enhance information sharing.
🪝🪝 Right to self-defense: Affirming Saudi Arabia’s and the Yemeni government’s right to defend their sovereignty and security under international law, while expressing solidarity with them.
⚖️ No military solution: Emphasizing that there is no military solution to the conflict and that dialogue and reconciliation (involving the government, the Houthis, political forces, and civil society) are the only viable path.
💊 Humanitarian aspect: Noting the deteriorating humanitarian situation (more than 22 million people in need of assistance and hundreds of thousands displaced), while calling for facilitating aid access and the continued flow of commercial imports.
The resolution was adopted unanimously and represents a continuation of international pressure on the Houthis amid their recent military escalation inside Yemen and against Saudi Arabia and international shipping.
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