Iran Builds Ties With Yemen’s Houthis as GCC Moves Embassies
This article is for subscribers only.
Yemen’s Shiite Muslim Houthi group is boosting ties with Iran shortly after Sunni Gulf Arab monarchies moved their embassies to a southern port city to back the government of President Abdurabuh Mansour Hadi.
An Iranian flight carrying medical supplies arrived in Sana’a, the capital controlled by the Houthi movement, on Sunday, a day after the two countries signed an aviation agreement, al-Masirah television reported. Saleh al-Sammad, an official with the group, is also leading a delegation to Tehran to discuss political and economic cooperation. Before the announcements, there were scarce signs of overt cooperation between Iran and the group.