The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged the release of Yemeni journalist detained after he criticized local forces in southern Yemen, trained and funded by the United Arab Emirates.
Iran has always encouraged all parties in the Yemeni conflict to maintain cooperation and find a political solution to the crisis, Counselor and Head of Press Office at Iranian Mission to the United Nations said.
The Saudi cabinet, chaired by King Salman, on Monday evening fired army chief of staff and several prominent officers, forcing them into retirement.
Iran rejected Western claims that it was arming Houthi revolutionaries in Yemen, saying the conflict was instead the result of British and US arm supplies to Saudi Arabia.
The United States threatened unilateral action against Iran on Monday after Russia vetoed a western bid for the United Nations Security Council to call out Tehran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement.
A Saudi-led air strike killed at least six allied Yemeni soldiers in friendly fire attacks on their base 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Sana’a, a military source said.
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