Yemen Monitor / Newsroom:
The Houthi group on Saturday announced that it will continue operating flights between Sana’a and Tehran, insisting the air service will remain in place despite what it described as attempts to prevent it, while threatening to retaliate against any military action targeting the flights or the group.
The group’s military spokesperson said that flights between Sana’a and the Iranian capital would continue “to break the blockade, regardless of the consequences or repercussions.”
The spokesperson accused Saudi-led coalition warplanes of violating Yemeni airspace at 5:20 a.m. in an attempt to prevent an Iranian civilian aircraft from landing at Sana’a International Airport, claiming that “the attempt failed” and that the aircraft landed successfully.
He added that the Iranian plane was carrying more than 200 stranded Yemenis, wounded individuals, and patients. He warned Saudi Arabia against repeating what he described as “violations of Yemeni airspace or carrying out any aggression,” threatening that such actions would be met with “a comprehensive response targeting airports and vital interests on land and at sea.”
The Saudi-led coalition did not immediately comment on the allegations made by the Houthi group.
Earlier, the Houthis announced the arrival of an Iranian civilian aircraft at Sana’a International Airport, saying it had transported more than 200 patients and stranded Yemenis to the country before departing with a delegation of senior Houthi officials bound for Tehran.
Houthi-affiliated media reported that the delegation, headed by Mohammed Al-Nuaimi, a member of the group’s Supreme Political Council, traveled to Tehran to attend the funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to the group’s announcement.
