Yemen government says IRGC and Hezbollah sent 21 experts to back Houthis
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Yemen’s Interior Minister Major-General Ibrahim Haidan said Tuesday that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon’s Hezbollah deployed 21 experts to help Houthis plan and direct military operations, Al Jazeera reported. Haidan said 14 members of the group are from the IRGC and seven from Hezbollah, and that foreign involvement has moved from financing, arming and training to direct supervision and participation in planning and managing operations and building military capabilities. The statement said the experts are deployed in Hodeidah, Sanaa, Saada, Hajjah, Amran and Khokha. Haidan warned that the activities threaten shipping in the Bab al-Mandeb strait and the Red Sea. [1]
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- Yemen gov’t accuses IRGC, Hezbollah of sending 21 experts to back Houthis
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