Yemen: How is the Houthi militia planning to reignite the war front?
The Yemeni government is preparing for all possibilities to confront the intransigence of the Houthis. This is what Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed spoke during the Cabinet meeting in Aden, calling for raising the level of preparations and stressing that the use of the truce by the Houthis to serve Iran’s agenda in the country is unacceptable.
The meeting discussed many political, military, economic, service and government reform issues, as the United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, along with the United States, the European Union and countries of the region, sought to extend the Yemeni truce, which expires on October 2.
The intransigence of the Houthi militia
Yemeni sources revealed that the Houthis are continuing their obstinacy in closing the Taiz crossings and roads between governorates, in order to prepare for another round of fighting, according to The Middle East newspaper. Meanwhile, the head of the Yemeni Presidential Command Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, hopes that his participation in the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly will lead to the mobilization of political and economic support from world leaders.
Houthi abuses
In the same context, 17 breaches of the U.N. truce were monitored, including an attempt to infiltrate its positions in the Al-Akroud front in the south-east of the city, according to the report. During the truce that began on April 2, Houthi militias recruited thousands of armed men and redeployed them and continued to smuggle Iranian weapons into the country. According to the Yemeni army, the Iran-backed Houthis committed 127 breaches of the U.N. truce on various fronts. The Prime Minister briefed the Council of Ministers on the latest developments, including U.N. and international moves to extend the ceasefire for humanitarian reasons. The Council of Ministers confirmed its firm position on obliging Houthi militias to open roads, pay employees’ salaries from the revenues of the ports of Hodeidah, release all captives, and release all captives and the government and the Prime Minister pointed to the need to strengthen the continuation of the Government, noting the need to strengthen the return of all militias to the Houthis possibility the international community and the will of the Yemeni people through their failure to implement the provisions of the UN truce and to continue their military build-up.
