Al-Muqalla: Yemen’s prime minister on Tuesday accused the Houthi militias of allowing Iran to use the war-torn country as a base to attack other countries, the official Sabah news agency reported.
Main Abdul Malik Saeed told British Ambassador to Yemen Richard Oppenheim that the Houthis had abandoned peace efforts to end the war and for the Iranian regime to launch attacks against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and through the Red Sea. Has acted as a stomp to undermine international maritime navigation. ,
He reiterated his government’s appeal to the international community to name and shame the Houthis for inciting violence, escalating the humanitarian crisis, attacking the country’s neighbors and rejecting peace initiatives.
During a separate meeting with the British ambassador in Aden, Yemen’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Awadh bin Mubarak urged the world, including the British government, to designate the Houthis as a terrorist organization.
“We discussed the latest developments in Yemen and the region. I emphasized the importance of designating the Houthi militia as a terrorist organization,” Mubarak said on Twitter after the meeting.
Oppenheim, who landed in Aden on Tuesday, urged warring factions in Yemen to work on achieving a peace deal to end Yemeni suffering.
“While Yemen suffers from the ongoing effects of the terrible conflict, I can see the amazing potential of Yemen. I call on all parties to put the welfare of Yemenis first and work closely with Yemenis to find a lasting political solution.” I do,” Oppenheim said in a Twitter post on Tuesday.
Calls to designate the Houthis as an international terrorist organization have increased since earlier this month, when militias seized a UAE-flagged ship in the Red Sea and lethal missile and drone strikes on Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Did it
The call to designate the Houthis a terrorist organization came as the government made new major military gains on battlefields in the central province of Marib for the first time in several months.
Army personnel and giants brigades were moving towards the Malla mountain range south of Marib, a day after taking full control of the city of Hareb, the center of the Hareb district, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
A Yemeni military official told Arab News on Tuesday that government troops had taken control of new areas outside Hareb, including a strategic road connecting the districts of Hareb, Juba and al-Abediya, and al- Moving towards Abediya district.
“Our next target is al-Abediya,” the official, who preferred anonymity, said, adding that Houthi defenses have collapsed during the past few days as government troops press for control of new areas south of Marib. was put
On Monday, the Houthis suffered another major setback in Marib, when government troops, supported by an air cover from the coalition in Yemen, expelled them from the city of Hareb and later advanced into the Malla mountain range in Juba district.
Since earlier this year, the Houthis have faced military setbacks in Marib province, when the Giant Brigade liberated three major districts in the oil-rich Shabwa province and then forced the Houthis from a large area of land in Hareb district. thrown out. ,
If the government’s gains were sustained, the Houthis would be driven out of the major districts south of Marib, which would mean securing the city of Marib from militia attacks.
Coalition warplanes played a major role in facilitating the advance for government troops into Marib, when jets targeted Houthi military reinforcements and locations in the province.
The coalition on Tuesday announced 53 airstrikes in support of government troops in Marib and al-Beda provinces, killing 240 Houthis and destroying 34 military vehicles.
Abdul Basit al-Baher, a Yemeni army officer from Taiz, told Arab News by telephone that government troops made limited military progress in the southern city of Taiz on Tuesday after attacking Houthis in Jabal Habashi district, west of Taiz.
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