Iran prepared to send advisers to 'support' Yemen's Houthis

[Sally]

I wouldn't be surprised if Iran was helping them all along.


Iran prepared to send advisers to 'support' Yemen's Houthis
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Deputy head of Iran's armed forces says country will 'help the Yemeni people' as it has done in Syria

Iranian soldiers pose with bayonets during a military parade (AFP)

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Iran is prepared to send a team of “military advisers” to support Houthi rebels in Yemen, a senior military commander has said, amid suggestions that forces fighting on the ground could be moving towards a peace deal.

Massoud Jazayiri, deputy head of Iran’s armed forces, told Iran’s Tasnim news agency on Tuesday that the country would consider repeating its actions in Syria, where it is supporting President Bashar al-Assad.

“The Islamic Republic [of Iran] feels very deeply its obligation to help the Syrian government and its people. It also feels very deeply its obligation to help the Yemeni people in any way possible.”

Iran has sent large numbers of military advisers to fight alongside the Syrian army and Hezbollah, as well as footsoldiers thought to include Afghan migrants to Iran who are promised high rates of pay and Iranian citizenship in exchange for fighting.

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Iran prepared to send advisers to 'support' Yemen's Houthis

 

[waltky]

How can ya help `em when dey want to keep fightin'?...

Yemen Walks Out of Peace Talks with Houthi Rebels
May 17, 2016 - Yemen's government walked out of U.N.-sponsored peace talks with Houthi rebels Tuesday, accusing them of having "contempt" for the peace process.

Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdul-Malik al-Mekhlafi called the talks in Kuwait "a waste of time." He said the Houthis insist on power-sharing instead of abiding by a Security Council resolution that says such matters need to be negotiated. The minister accuses the Houthis of violating a cease-fire in Yemen and using the talks as a chance to stall and rearm themselves. The rebels have not yet responded to the suspension of peace talks.

The Iranian-backed Houthis seized the capital, Sana'a, in 2014, forcing the internationally recognized Yemeni government to flee to Saudi Arabia before returning to set up in the port city of Aden. The fighting on the ground in Yemen and Saudi-led airstrikes on the Houthis have created a humanitarian catastrophe, with the U.N. saying 80 percent of Yemeni civilians urgently need food and medical help.

A Shi'ite Houthi rebel holds up his weapon during a rally against Saudi-led airstrikes in Sana'a, Yemen, June 14, 2015. Yemen walked out of peace talks Tuesday, calling the negotiations a "waste of time."​

A top U.N. aid official Tuesday called the global response to help Yemen "shockingly low." John Ging told reporters in New York that the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan has gotten only 16 percent of the $1.8 billion in needs for 2016.

He said Yemenis are dying from diseases that are easily preventable by just basic medical supplies. And he made a direct appeal to all sides in Yemen to make protecting civilians their priority. "The people of Yemen must be at the center of this response, and our collective duty is to protect them and provide them with food, health, shelter and other vital support."

Yemen Walks Out of Peace Talks with Houthi Rebels

 

[montelatici]

Anything that will halt the Wahadis is fine with me.