Yemen government accuses Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah of directing Houthis' military actions

According to the written statement made by the Yemeni Ministry of Internal Affairs, Minister Haydan argued that Iranian and Hezbollah military experts "threatened the security of Yemen" in the capital Sana'a, which is under the control of the Iran-backed Houthis, as well as in the cities of Hodeidah, Sada, Hajjah and Amran.

Pointing out that 14 experts from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and 7 experts from the Lebanese Hezbollah are in Yemen to manage the military actions of the Houthis, Haydan said, "The presence of these experts shows that Iran's financial and weapons support to the Houthis has now transitioned to the stage of directly managing and supervising military operations." he said.

Claiming that the military experts in question, in addition to managing military operations, also carried out work on developing ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Haydan claimed that the said experts also threatened the safety of navigation in the Babulmandeb Strait and the Red Sea with military actions.

In Yemen, the Iran-backed Houthis have been in control of the capital Sanaa and some regions since September 2014.

Coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia have been supporting the Yemeni government against the Houthis since March 2015.

The conflicts, which started in September when the Iranian-backed Houthis attacked from the Hudaydah province on the Red Sea coast towards the Taiz province and advanced to the Babulmandeb Strait, continue in many regions as well as Taiz, which is located in the mountainous region.