Yemen at serious risk of return to large-scale conflict, UN envoy says
Yemen is facing a more serious risk of return to large-scale conflict than at any point since the 2022 truce, the UN's envoy to the country said on Thursday. Hans Grundberg said a recent intensification of military activity along front lines risks years of work towards a lasting peace in the country that has long been divided by civil war. "A return to large-scale fighting in Yemen now would come…
The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, warns that the country is at an increasingly serious risk of returning to large-scale conflict, more so than at any point since the 2022 truce. In a recent intensification of military activity along front lines, Grundberg expresses concern that this could undo years of work toward a lasting peace in the nation, which has been divided by civil war for over a decade.
The Yemeni state institutions are fragmented, the economy is severely weakened, and the wider region is engulfed in war, making a return to large-scale fighting particularly devastating. The UN envoy urges the warring parties to de-escalate and work towards a permanent ceasefire, collaborating with the UN on a Yemen-owned political process.
The humanitarian situation in Yemen is also at risk of deteriorating further, with millions of people facing impossible daily choices between food, medicine, education, and survival.
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