Yemen: Presence of 21 Foreign Experts Working with (Houthis) Violates Our Sovereignty and International Law Principles
Violation of sovereignty and international law due to the intervention of the IRGC and Hezbollah
Translated by Qiyas from كونا — Original source
Aden, November 3 (KUNA) -- The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Tuesday that the illegal foreign military presence of 21 foreign experts working with the Houthi militias constitutes a violation of the sovereignty of the Republic of Yemen and the principles of international law.
In a statement, the ministry noted that the Interior Ministry’s announcement regarding the presence of 21 foreign experts working with the Houthi militia, including 14 from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and seven from Lebanon’s Hezbollah, reveals the scale and severity of the military intervention. It highlighted that this interference has escalated beyond funding, arms supplies, and training to include direct supervision, participation in planning, management of operations, and building the militias’ military capabilities.
The statement condemned the military interventions by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and Lebanese Hezbollah in Yemen’s internal affairs, as well as their role in supporting the Houthi militias and enabling them to continue their attacks on the Yemeni people and threaten regional and international security.
It pointed out that the involvement of these elements in supporting the militias’ military operations has contributed to the killing of Yemenis, their forced displacement from their homes, and the exacerbation of their humanitarian suffering, particularly in Taiz. It emphasized that the continuation of the siege and attacks on civilians in Taiz is doubling the humanitarian disaster and threatening the basic foundations of life.
The statement warned that the risks of this intervention extend beyond Yemen’s borders, posing a direct threat to regional and international security, as well as to freedom of navigation and global trade in the southern Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
It noted that the continued support for the Houthi militias with ballistic missiles, drones, and rigged fast boats, along with providing them with the necessary expertise to develop and utilize these capabilities, increases the risks of targeting ships and threatening vital sea lanes and the interests of countries in the region and worldwide.
The statement called on the international community, led by the UN Security Council, to condemn these interventions and take practical measures to stop the flow of weapons and military expertise to the Houthi militias, enforce relevant resolutions, and hold accountable the states, entities, and individuals involved in supporting these activities, in accordance with international law. This would safeguard Yemen’s sovereignty and the security of its people, as well as preserve regional and international security.
Earlier on Tuesday, Yemeni Interior Minister Brigadier General Ibrahim Haidan announced the presence of 21 foreign experts working with the Houthi militias, including 14 from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and seven from Lebanese Hezbollah, distributed across several governorates under the militias’ control.
Haidan added that their presence is aimed at managing specialized tasks in operations, command and control, ballistic missiles, drones, electronic warfare, communications, naval operations, the development of rigged fast boats, self-propelled submarine engineering, and military training grounds. (End) S.N.S. / M.A.H.A.
