Posted on 11/11/2021 8:28:28 AM PST by TigerClaws
The State Department is working to secure the release of several hostages taken by Iran-backed terrorists after they stormed the U.S. embassy facility in Sana'a, Yemen, U.S. officials told the Washington Free Beacon early Thursday.
A group of Houthi rebels reportedly stormed the U.S. compound on Wednesday seeking "large quantities of equipment and materials," according to regional reports translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute. The raid comes just five days after the Houthis kidnapped Yemeni nationals who work for the U.S. embassy.
The State Department confirmed to the Free Beacon that the Yemeni staffers are being held hostage and that the Iran-backed militants stole property after breaching the American facility in Sana'a, which housed U.S. embassy staff prior to the suspension of operations there in 2015.
"The United States has been unceasing in its diplomatic efforts to secure their release," a State Department spokesman told the Free Beacon. "The majority of the detained have been released, but the Houthis continue to detain additional Yemeni employees of the embassy."
Those still being held hostage are "detained without explanation and we call for their immediate release," the State Department spokesman said.
The United States is also "concerned about the breach of the compound" and is calling "on the Houthis to immediately vacate it and return all seized property."
The Biden administration "will continue its diplomatic efforts to secure the release of our staff and the vacating of our compound, including through our international partners," the State Department said.
The hostage situation is likely to further inflame tensions between the United States and Iran, which arms and funds the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Trump administration designated the Houthis as a terrorist organization, but that designation was removed when the Biden administration took office—a move that was seen as a goodwill gesture to coax Iran into diplomatic negotiations aimed at securing a revamped version of the 2015 nuclear accord.
Yep Bare Shelves Biden has now eclipsed Carter for incompetence.
They heard what the tolliban got from the BiteMe administration and they want the same. Fair is fair, they declared!
Diplomatic efforts. Yeah, that’s the ticket...
Hey, Poopy Joe, your old boss dropped off a pallet full of cash to Iran. Maybe they are not feeling the love from your administration.
“which housed U.S. embassy staff prior to the suspension of operations there in 2015.” -— Then who was taken hostage?
Give them money to fight climate change. Like the Taliban.
Reportedly??? Our own officials confirmed it.
Oh, forget it. I can't take it anymore.
Why such tepid response? We should be there with an military fist to make clear that no one touches an US Embassy or an American.
Ok I re-read it. Yemenis were taken hostage. Not sure what to think of this, besides it is more Obama=-Biden idiocy, catering to Iran. Is it technically still our embassy?
Send John “Effen” Kerry to the rescue.....
We bailed in 2015.
I’m guessing nobody from the US wanted to work there.
He left Americans in Afghanistan that may or may not already be hostages. Now he’s got hostages in Yemen. Will he go for a hat-trick?
Yup.
You beat me to that.
Once you show you are very weak, all the punks in the hood come after you.
He'll send them a strongly worded letter.
Yup—this is just the beginning.
Waving rainbow flags seems to get people to hate the US even more than they did already—amazing how that works.
Which reminds of the punchline to that old joke about a guy who calls a doctor to get advice on what he should do after his friend gets bit on the ass by a rattlesnake.
"The doctor say you gonna die!"
Those guys were kidnapped five days ago. This is new.
Yeah, because Brandon officials wouldn't lie to the media.
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