NEW YORK: France’s UN ambassador has urged the Houthis to halt their military escalation and commit seriously to peace talks, calling their actions in Yemen, against Saudi Arabia and against shipping in the Bab-Al-Mandab Strait “not acceptable.” “The military option isn’t an option, and challenging the authority of a legitimate government through arms isn’t an acceptable option,” Jerome Bonnafont told Arab News in a wide-ranging interview at UN headquarters. “What we demand from the Houthis is t

Source: Arab News