Al-Eryani Calls on Lebanon to Arrest a Houthi Delegation Attending Nasrallah’s Funeral

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Yemeni Minister of Information Muammar Al-Eryani on Wednesday called for the arrest of a group of leaders from Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, who he claimed will participate in the funeral of former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. Several countries, including the United States, classify the Houthis as a terrorist organization.

Nasrallah, who served as Hezbollah’s secretary-general for over 30 years, was killed on September 27 during a period of intensified Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon. His funeral is scheduled for February 23.

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On X, Al-Eryani wrote: “We call on the Lebanese government to immediately detain the leaders of the terrorist Houthi militia, who are implicated in war crimes and gross human rights violations, and who are designated as terrorists in several countries, including the United States. They should be handed over to the internationally recognized Yemeni government.”

He did not specify the names of the Houthi leaders who will attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s former secretary-general. However, observers believe that the Iranian axis aims to turn the funeral into a symbolic event to showcase its resilience against Israel and Western powers.

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The Houthis have not officially announced the participation of a delegation in the funeral, but their affiliated Al-Masirah channel reported that a Yemeni delegation will attend.

Al-Eryani added: “We emphasize that the movements of these terrorist leaders, who are closely linked to the recent wave of attacks on commercial ships and oil tankers, are not merely about attending the funeral. This event is being used as a cover for a gathering of Iranian-axis leaders to assess the situation after the strikes they have endured.”

The minister was referring to recent Israeli strikes on Iran-backed groups in the region, including Hezbollah and the Houthis.

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Both groups have launched attacks against Israel in the context of the Gaza war, in support of the Palestinians.

Since November 2023, the Houthis, who control northern Yemen, have carried out more than 100 attacks on ships off the country’s coast, disrupting global shipping, altering trade routes, and causing economic losses.

The attack carried out by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Israel in October 2023 resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,200 people in southern Israel, according to Israeli authorities.

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Israel’s retaliatory operation has since killed over 48,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials, while also destroying vast areas of the territory and displacing hundreds of thousands.

Last month, former U.S. President Donald Trump reinstated the Houthis on the list of “foreign terrorist organizations.”

This move imposes stricter sanctions than those previously placed by former U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on the Iran-aligned group, in response to its attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and on U.S. warships tasked with securing the vital waterway.

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