Reports of advances by pro-Hadi militants in Aden false: Houthis
Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has rejected as “mere lies” recent reports that militants loyal to fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have advanced in the southern port city of Aden.
Mohammed Abdulsalam, Ansarullah’s spokesman, wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday that the propaganda by pro-Saudi media on the advance of pro-Hadi militants is a “mere lie.”
Abdulsalam emphasized that Yemeni Ansarullah fighters managed to foil attempts by Saudi-backed elements to capture Aden, and took full control of the affairs in the strategic city.
He also rejected reports that the Yemeni fighters had been caught off guard in Aden, saying the Popular Committees have killed many terrorist leaders and arrested a number of Saudi-sponsored mercenaries in the troubled southern city.
According to the Ansarullah official, the latest developments in Aden demonstrate that ‘Saudi stooges and al-Qaeda terrorists have no position among the people in Aden and the entire Yemen.’
He further hailed the courage of the Yemeni army and the Popular Committees, saying their main objective is to defend the country against enemies and Takfiri militants from the al-Qaeda and ISIL terrorist groups.
Hadi, along with the cabinet of fugitive former Prime Minister Khaled Bahah, stepped down back in January.
He escaped house arrest in Sana’a in February and fled to Aden, where he withdrew his resignation and highlighted his intention to resume duties. Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh, fled to Saudi Arabia later in March.
Earlier, reports said that Saudi Arabia has sent Special Forces into Yemen under the pretext of escorting some fugitive former Yemeni officials back into its war-torn southern neighbor, in another violation of Yemeni sovereignty.
Saudi Arabia started a military campaign against Yemen on March 26 – without a UN mandate – in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to Hadi.
Rupert Colville, the spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said last week that over 3,800 people have been killed in Yemen since March 26.
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