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UN envoy urges restraint over Yemen, region 'increasingly precarious'

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The U.N. special envoy for Yemen on Saturday urged maximum restraint by all parties involved in Yemen and warned of an increasingly uncertain situation in the region.

United Nations envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg, Reuters/Khaled Abdullah

United Nations envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg, Reuters/Khaled Abdullah

The U.N. special envoy for Yemen on Saturday urged maximum restraint by all parties involved in Yemen and warned of an increasingly uncertain situation in the region.

The envoy, Hans Grundberg, "notes with serious concern the increasingly precarious regional context, and its adverse impact on peace efforts in Yemen and stability and security in the region," he said in a statement.

Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari

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