Yemen’s Houthi official dies in a Hezbollah hospital in Beirut
An official in the pro-Iranian Houthi militia in
Yemen died in Al-Rasool al-Azam Hospital in Beirut’s southern suburb on
Saturday, sources confirmed on Tuesday to Al Arabiya English.
A Lebanese official told Reuters on Monday that the
Houthi official died in a hospital in Lebanon without specifiying the location.
The Al-Rasool al-Azam Hospital is owned and
controlled by the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Abdul Hakim al-Maori who held the post of the
interior minister in the Houthi militia died at the age of 60 while receiving
treatment for a chronic disease in a Lebanese hospital, Houthi-run Masirah TV
said on Saturday.
But conflicting reports said that he died from
injuries sustained from an air strike by the Arab Coalition on a post in Yemen.
The Lebanese official confirmed al-Maori had come to
Lebanon for treatment before he died, without giving further details. It is not
known in which hospital he died.
Lebanon is the home of the Iran-backed group
Hezbollah.
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement also receives
support from the Islamic Republic.
