# Houthis hold 37 UN food workers as WFP chief urges their release

https://mins.news/en/item/121235

- Fox News, 2026-10-29 17:41 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/houthis-hold-37-un-food-workers-trump-backed-wfp-chief-inherits-humanitarian-crises-across-globe

> The new World Food Programme executive director, Luke Lindberg, says Iran-backed Houthis are holding 37 locally employed WFP workers in Yemen, some separated from their families for nearly two years. He raised the detentions with US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz and called for their release amid growing humanitarian emergencies and hunger worldwide.

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