UN envoy holds talks in Oman as airstrikes continue in Yemen

United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, has held meetings in Muscat, the capital of Oman, with senior Omani officials, Houthi leaders, and members of the diplomatic community to discuss the evolving situation in Yemen, according to a statement by the envoy’s office.

A central focus of the talks was the UN’s repeated calls for the immediate and unconditional release of detained UN



personnel, NGO workers, civil society activists, and diplomatic staff currently held by the Houthis, Xinhua news agency reported.

“For far too long, families and colleagues have suffered, and communities have been left without the people who served them,” Grundberg said, emphasising that such detentions “severely hinder international efforts to support the Yemeni people and undermine progress toward peace”.