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Yemeni minister urges Gulf Arab military intervention against Houthis
Source: Reuters
Yemeni minister urges Gulf Arab military intervention against Houthis
Reuters in Dubai
Monday 23 March 2015 19.09 GMT
The Yemeni foreign minister, Riyadh Yaseen, has called for Gulf Arab military intervention to halt advances by Houthi fighters, a move that could draw neighbouring states into the country’s deepening power struggle.
The Sunni Muslim monarchies of the Gulf back President Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, whose forces have recently suffered reverses at the hands of Iranian-backed Houthis approaching his base in the southern port of Aden from the north.
“We are requesting an intervention by the Gulf Shield forces to stop this Iranian-backed Houthi expansion,” Yaseen told the newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat, referring to a military force of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
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Reuters in Dubai
Monday 23 March 2015 19.09 GMT
The Yemeni foreign minister, Riyadh Yaseen, has called for Gulf Arab military intervention to halt advances by Houthi fighters, a move that could draw neighbouring states into the country’s deepening power struggle.
The Sunni Muslim monarchies of the Gulf back President Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, whose forces have recently suffered reverses at the hands of Iranian-backed Houthis approaching his base in the southern port of Aden from the north.
“We are requesting an intervention by the Gulf Shield forces to stop this Iranian-backed Houthi expansion,” Yaseen told the newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat, referring to a military force of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/23/yemeni-minister-urges-gulf-arab-military-intervention-against-houthis
