The most important outcome of the crackdown is that it has prompted UN agencies and Western governments to reassess their engagement in Houthi-controlled areas.

Security forces stormed a university dormitory at dawn on Friday and arrested a group of students in the Falak area of Al-Mukalla, the capital of Hadhramaut Governorate (eastern Yemen).

Human Rights Watch called on the Iranian-backed Houthi militia to quickly evacuate the headquarters of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sana'a, which it has occupied since the beginning of August.