CAIRO (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels intensified their crackdown against the United Nations in Yemen on Saturday, detaining two additional workers, U.N. officials said.

Houthi security forces detained the two female workers of the World Food Program from their homes in the capital, Sanaa, the officials said. Their whereabouts remained unknown, they said.

One of the two women was in critical condition after she gave premature birth and her baby died earlier this month, one of the officials said. The woman is a sister of another worker with the U.N. food agency who was briefly detained earlier this month, the official said. The woman’s brother, who suffers from kidney failure, was released by the rebels due to his deteriorating health condition, the officials said.

Both officials spo

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