DHAKA: Houthi rebels have condemned Tuesday's UN Security Council arms embargo imposed on them and their allies.

They called for protests against what they termed UN support of ‘aggression’, the BBC publishes this report on Wednesday.

The Houthis have made rapid advances across the country, sparking air strikes on their strongholds by a Saudi-led coalition.

The UN says at least 736 people have been killed and 2,700 injured since 26 March, but officials believe the actual death toll may be far higher.

The Houthis’ Supreme Revolutionary Committee ‘called on the masses of the Yemeni people to rally and protest on Thursday to condemn the Security Council resolution in support of the aggression’.

Saudi Arabia’s UN Ambassador, Abdallah al-Moualimi, said that the resolution was ‘a very clear endorsement’ of the air strikes.

When asked about a possible ground offensive, he warned that the air strikes were a response to Houthi military action and if the Houthis failed to comply with the resolution, ‘they will continue to face more of the same’.

The Egyptian presidency said on Tuesday that Egypt and Saudi Arabia had discussed holding a ‘major military maneuver’ in Saudi Arabia with other Gulf states.

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