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Houthis must stop escalation and commit to peace, France’s UN envoy tells Arab News
NEWS DESKSaudi Arabia
PUBLISHEDSep 21, 2026, 11:14 PM
What the source reports
NEW YORK: France’s UN ambassador has urged the Houthis to halt their military escalation and commit seriously to peace talks, calling their actions in Yemen, against Saudi Arabia and against shipping in the Bab-Al-Mandab Strait “not acceptable.
” “The military option isn’t an option, and challenging the authority of a legitimate government through arms isn’t an acceptable option,” Jerome Bonnafont told Arab News in a…
Main source: SPA / Arab News
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