Houthis concede staging attacks to avenge Soleimani's death
The Iran-backed Houthi militia has claimed responsibility for an attack on Aden Airport last month.
It
said the attack came in retaliation for the assassination of the commander of
the Iranian Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani.
Speaking
on the eve of Soleimani's assassination on January 3, Houthi representative in
Iran Ibrahim al-Dulaimi said his group launched a series of attacks in response
to the assassination of the Quds Force commander.
He
added that these attacks included the latest attack on Aden Airport soon after
the plane carrying the members of the Yemeni government from Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia, touched down at the airport.
Surprise
Al-Dulaimi
told Iranian media that the operations the Houthis launched to avenge
Suleimani's killing were coordinated with other Iran-backed militias in the
region.
He
described Soleimani as a "comrade-in-arms".
Meanwhile,
the legitimate Yemeni government considered al-Dulaimi's remarks proof of the
presence of coordination between Quds Force and the Houthis, especially when it
comes to the operations the Iran-backed militia staged in Yemen since its 2014
coup.
Yemeni
Minister of Information Muammar al-Ariani said the Houthis have been attacking
neighboring countries and maritime lines.
Iranian
plan
Ariani
called on the international community to realize that the Houthis are no more
than an Iranian arm in the region.
He said
the Houthis keep committing crimes just because of the silence of the
international community.
This
community turns a blind eye to these crimes, he said.
