Yemen will “not allow Iran a foothold in the country nor the room for the country to spread its philosophy of destruction”, prime minister Dr Ahmed bin Dagher has said, according to local media.
The Yemeni people, along with the Saudi-led coalition backing the government, will look to foil Iran’s plan to establish a presence in the country at the expense of Yemeni unity, Dr bin Dagher said on Sunday at a meeting in Aden with the commander of Saudi forces in the country, Brigadier Sultan bin Islam.
“Today it is our responsibility to liberate the remaining area controlled by the rebel militias," Dr bin Dagher added, referring to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
The first step to that victory, he said, was to liberate the southwestern city of Taez because it serves as a gateway to Yemen.
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Iran has been providing weapons and military advisers to the Houthis who are fighting the Yemeni government of president Abdrabu Mansur Hadi alongside allied fighters.
In March, the arms tracking NGO Conflict Armament Research said Iran had transferred so-called kamikaze aerial drone technology to the Shiite rebels who had used it to disable missile defences belonging to the Saudi-led coalition backing the government.
In July, the US state department accused Iran's Quds Force, the elite branch of the Revolutionary Guard responsible for overseas military operations, of "playing a destabilising role in military conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen".
The Houthis have formed a military and political alliance with former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh and renegade soldiers loyal to him. But cracks have emerged between the allies in the past month with Mr Saleh last week demanding the arrest of Houthi gunmen suspected of killing one of his top associates, Colonel Khaled Al Radi.
Fighting broke out in Sanaa between the Houthis and Saleh loyalists following the killing of Al Radi on August 26, with two Houthi fighters killed in the clashes.
The two sides agreed to ease tensions three days later but, although the fighting has now stopped, fighters from both sides remain deployed in backstreets and in some buildings of the capital.
The Houthis seized Sanaa in September 2014 before advancing south and seizing large swathes of the country. The Saudi-led coalition, which includes the UAE, intervened the following March in an effort to restore Mr Hadi's government to power in Sanaa and have since retaken much of the territory captured by the rebels and allied fighters.
The Houthis and Saleh loyalists continue to govern the capital and other areas in the north and west of the country, however.
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Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
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TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
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Selma Abdelhamid, the group's moderator, offers her guide to guide the cost of having a young family:
• Buy second hand stuff
They grow so fast. Don't get a second hand car seat though, unless you 100 per cent know it's not expired and hasn't been in an accident.
• Get a health card and vaccinate your child for free at government health centres
Ms Ma says she discovered this after spending thousands on vaccinations at private clinics.
• Join mum and baby coffee mornings provided by clinics, babysitting companies or nurseries.
Before joining baby classes ask for a free trial session. This way you will know if it's for you or not. You'll be surprised how great some classes are and how bad others are.
• Once baby is ready for solids, cook at home
Take the food with you in reusable pouches or jars. You'll save a fortune and you'll know exactly what you're feeding your child.
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