article_snippet.sent: 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, The resolution 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: Russia abstained from Tuesday's vote, saying Russia didn't like the inclusion of sanctions.
highlights_snippet.sent: U.N. Security Council favors Houthi arms embargo .