The United Nations Security Council on Friday said it had approved the addition of four suspected Haitian gang leaders to its sanctions list, a long-awaited addition as the Caribbean nation faces a worsening humanitarian crisis.

With gangs controlling at least 80% of the Haitian capital, the four gang leaders are behind much of the spiraling violence.

A group of House Democrats on Friday called on the Biden administration to withdraw support for a planned multinational military intervention in Haiti — and for the country’s embattled president. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken led by Rep.