Saudi minister says Yemen rebels’ acts are evidence of their terrorist intentions

Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel Al Jubeir, yesterday said that the Yemeni rebels’ actions prove their terrorist intentions.

“The Iranian-planned Houthi attacks, which are strongly denounced by the international community, reveal their terrorism and never affects our stability and development,” Mr Al Jubeir tweeted yesterday.

His tweet in Arabic carried the hashtag #Houthi_Iranian_ Terrorism.

Data released by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs showed that the Houthis in Yemen have launched 132 missiles and 66,298 projectiles towards Saudi Arabia.

The UN and US say the missiles fired by the Houthis were made in Iran.

Yesterday, the UAE state news agency Wam reported that the Arab coalition had killed 37 Houthis in air strikes against militia along the Red Sea coast.

“In the past 48 hours, coalition forces carried out meticulously planned strikes crippling Houthi military capabilities and leading to heavy losses in their ranks,” Wam said.

Meanwhile, the Giant Brigade, Yemen’s special forces, made significant gains in the city of Al Barah, west of Taez, and seized control of the main roads that lead to the Kahbub, Al Amri, Azan, Al Mansoura, Sanfa and Al Waziya districts, Wam reported.

Almost 10,000 people have been killed in the Yemen conflict, which has pushed the country to what the UN has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

A Saudi-led coalition, which includes the UAE, intervened in the war in Yemen in March 2015 to fight the rebels at the request of the internationally recognised government of Yemeni President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi.