{"id":998301,"date":"2021-11-11T10:44:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T15:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=998301"},"modified":"2021-11-11T10:45:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T15:45:02","slug":"iran-backed-militants-storm-us-embassy-in-yemen-seize-hostages-and-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-backed-militants-storm-us-embassy-in-yemen-seize-hostages-and-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-Backed Militants Storm US Embassy in Yemen, Seize Hostages and Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-backed-militants-storm-us-embassy-in-yemen-seize-hostages-and-equipment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=998301&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"29.637735849057\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">State Department &#8216;concerned about the breach of the compound,&#8217; demands release of hostages<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/rsz_1gettyimages-1225247122-736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rsz_1gettyimages-1225247122.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rsz_1gettyimages-1225247122-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rsz_1gettyimages-1225247122-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tHouthi fighters \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/adam-kredo\/\" title=\"Posts by Adam Kredo\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Adam Kredo<\/a> \u2022 November 11, 2021 10:40 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"73.757122507123\">\n<p>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&#8217;a, Yemen, U.S. officials told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> early Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A group of Houthi rebels reportedly stormed the U.S. compound on Wednesday seeking &#8220;large quantities of equipment and materials,&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department confirmed to the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> that the Yemeni staffers are being held hostage and that the Iran-backed militants stole property after breaching the American facility in Sana&#8217;a, which housed U.S. embassy staff prior to the suspension of operations there in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States has been unceasing in its diplomatic efforts to secure their release,&#8221; a State Department spokesman told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;The majority of the detained have been released, but the Houthis continue to detain additional Yemeni employees of the embassy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those still being held hostage are &#8220;detained without explanation and we call for their immediate release,&#8221; the State Department spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>The United States is also &#8220;concerned about the breach of the compound&#8221; and is calling &#8220;on the Houthis to immediately vacate it and return all seized property.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration &#8220;will continue its diplomatic efforts to secure the release of our staff and the vacating of our compound, including through our international partners,&#8221; the State Department said.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2014a 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.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security State Department &#8216;concerned about the breach of the compound,&#8217; demands release of hostages  Houthi fighters \/ Getty Images  Adam Kredo \u2022 November &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-998301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}