The United Nations reopened its offices in the Houthi militia regions 10 days after its closure due to the arbitrary Houthi arrest campaign for its local employees.

Sources operating in international and international organizations in Sanaa stated that the United Nations directed a circular to its offices to resume work in the areas subject to the Houthi militia, starting from Sunday.

According to the same sources, the United Nations began to open all its offices except for the Saada governorate, in which the Houthi militias prohibit the activity of international organizations, after a comment that lasted about 10 days against the backdrop of a Houthi arrests campaign.

Human rights defenders described the United Nations' appeal as its activity as a clear violation of its kidnapped employees, as the appeal was conditional on their release first, but they are still in kidnapping in militia prisons.

The United Nations suspended on January 24th, all its official moves within the areas of the Houthi militia controlled, and asked its employees to work from their homes, after a wide kidnapping campaign for the Houthis.

The Houthi militia kidnapped between June 2024 and January 2025 about 35 international employees in addition to dozens of international and local organizations and diplomatic missions, according to media and human rights sources that spoke with Al Ain News.

Yemeni activists and officials in the Yemeni government criticized the international measures to protect its workers, and described them as “they were not the acceptable level and did not rise to the level of danger that threatens their lives and freedom after the hijacked of the unfair Houthi.”