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Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels threaten Saudi, UAE ports and airports

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Followers of the Houthi movement attend a gathering to show support to the movement in Sanaa
Followers of the Houthi movement attend a gathering to show support to the movement in Sanaa. The Houthi flag reads : “God is great. Death to America. Death to Israel. A curse on the Jews. Victory to Islam.”

Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels on Tuesday threatened retaliation against the ports and airports of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which this week closed the Yemeni land, sea and air borders.

“All airports, ports, border crossings and areas of any importance to Saudi Arabia and the UAE will be a direct target of our weapons, which is a legitimate right,” read a statement released by the rebels’ political office.

Allied with Yemen’s government, a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia has been battling the Houthis on Yemeni land since 2015.

The Houthi’s statement comes the day after the coalition announced it had closed all of Yemen’s borders, after Saudi forces intercepted a ballistic missile headed for the kingdom’s international airport in Riyadh.

The Houthis have claimed the missile attack, but Saudi Arabia blamed Iran and accused its proxy Hezbollah of firing the missile

 

AFP

 

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14 responses to “Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels threaten Saudi, UAE ports and airports”

  1. Rascal Avatar
    Rascal

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/483b2bd8d3cfbac33e4094fe0344b9c0c1cd589508fc1f04c12b6a86acc20d74.jpg

    1. Rudy1947 Avatar
      Rudy1947

      I khat that one. Yemeni chewing tobacco.

      1. Rascal Avatar
        Rascal

        Houthi can not do anything without Iran supplying and leading them. So basically houthi are a simple extension of Iran’s war.

      2. Niemals Avatar
        Niemals

        Khat chewing has a history as a social custom dating back thousands of years.
        https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/09b928a82f8b0d11c32224236910c40310a94dc268dd7db218017b4c231b4b7d.jpg
        The WHO classified it in 1980 as a drug of abuse that can produce psychological dependence.

  2. Danny Farah Avatar
    Danny Farah

    Since when a backward country like Yemen poses such weaponry to shoot at Saudi Arabia? Could it be the Iranian are providing such cover and using Hooties to shoot at the Saudis? but Iran is innocent according to them they would never do such thing. Cut the Iranian some slacks the saudis are fabricating all this.. But the Hooties proved them wrong.

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