article_snippet.sent: (CNN)The U.N. Security Council voted Tuesday in favor of an arms embargo on Houthis -- the minority group that has taken over large swaths of Yemen, including Yemen capital, Sanaa -- and supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
article_snippet.sent: The resolution "raises the cost" for the Houthis, according to Mark Lyall Grant, Britain's ambassador to the United Nations.
article_snippet.sent: In addition to The arms embargo, Russia also demands that the Shiite group pull back and refrain from more violence and includes sanctions aimed at controlling the spread of terrorism, according to Grant.
article_snippet.sent: In recent weeks, Saudi Arabia has led a coalition that is conducting airstrikes on targets associated with former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's supporters and the Houthis, who have emerged as Yemen's most dominant force in recent months.
article_snippet.sent: The Houthis forced President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi from power in January, though Hadi still claims Hadi is Yemen's legitimate leader and is working with the Saudis and other allies to return to Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: Those allied with Hadi have accused Yemen of supporting The Houthis in Those allied with Hadi uprising in Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: Those allied with Hadi include Yemen's current ambassador to the United Nations, Khaled Mahfoodh Abdulla Bahah, who said Tuesday, "Those allied with Hadi refuse (the) influence of Iran in Yemen affairs.
highlights_snippet.sent: The arms embargo applies to the Houthis and backers of ex-President Saleh .
  