Iran’s support for Houthis ‘unprecedented’, UN says – Transforming into ‘powerful military organisation’

Yemen’s Houthi rebels are transforming into a “powerful military organisation”, expanding their operational capabilities, thanks to “unprecedented” support from Iran and Lebanon’s Shiite movement Hezbollah, according to a report released by UN experts. of the public yesterday Friday. Since the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip, more than a year ago, the Houthis, who control a large part of Yemen, mainly the northern part of the country, “took advantage of the situation in the periphery and strengthened their cooperation with its axis resistance'”, an organizationally loose alliance of Iran and factions such as the Palestinian Hamas or the Lebanese Hezbollah, say the experts, working under the mandate of the UN Security Council. In this context, “the Houthi movement has transformed from a local organization with limited capabilities to a powerful military organization that has expanded its operational capabilities far beyond the territories it controls,” according to the text, covering the period from September […]
Source: News Beast

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