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U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg expressed deep concern over recent attacks by Iran-backed Houthis on the western Yemeni city of Al-Mukha, calling for an end to the escalation and the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure.
In a statement posted on the U.N. envoy's account on the U.S.-based social media platform X, Grundberg said he was "deeply concerned" by reports that the latest Houthi attacks on Al-Mukha caused civilian and military casualties and damaged infrastructure, including the port.
Grundberg said recent Houthi attacks on Al-Mukha, Marib and other areas had placed civilians at serious risk and called for de-escalation and protection of civilian infrastructure.
Grundberg said Yemen was experiencing an unprecedented escalation in military operations since a U.N.-brokered truce was reached in 2022, significantly increasing the risk of a return to widespread conflict.
He urged all sides to exercise maximum restraint and take concrete steps with the Office of the U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen to reduce tensions and prevent further erosion of the gains achieved for the Yemeni people under the ceasefire.
Grundberg said the conflict in Yemen could only be brought to a sustainable end through an inclusive political process, warning that the current escalation was moving the country in the opposite direction.
Yemen's army said four soldiers and three civilians were killed when the Iran-backed Houthis attacked the city and port of Al-Mukha with missiles and drones on Sunday.
Thirty people, most of them civilians, were wounded in the attack.
The Iran-backed Houthis have controlled the capital Sana and several other areas of Yemen since September 2014.
A Saudi Arabia-led coalition has supported Yemen's Aden-based government against the Houthis since March 2015.
After a period of relative calm that began in April 2022, military tensions between the Yemeni government and the Houthis have risen again since the beginning of July.
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