Yemen’s Chief of Staff Sagher bin Aziz survived on Tuesday an assassination attempt in the Marib province. Three of his companions were wounded when a booby-trapped vehicle exploded as his convoy was driving on the international highway in Marib city, said Yemeni military sources. Observers believe that the Iran-backed Houthi militias were behind the attack, noting that security forces have arrested Houthi cells in Marib over the years.
Yemen’s Defense Ministry has issued a stern warning about the peril of the ongoing aggressive actions by the Iran-backed Houthi militias against the army. The ministry called upon the international community to exhibit greater firmness in addressing the unyielding Houthi obstinacy towards peace. Yemeni Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Mohsen Mohammed al-Daeri raised the alarm about the dangerous collusion between the terrorist Houthi militias and the Al-Qaeda and ISIS organizations with the aim to destabilized liberated regions.
RIYADH: Yemen’s Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Mohsen Mohammed Al-Daeri, on Wednesday visited the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, where he was received by the Commander of the Joint Forces and Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima. The visit comes within the framework of permanent coordination and continuous