The Aporia · Yemen gov’t accuses IRGC, Hezbollah of sending 21 experts to back Houthis

Yemen's government claims that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon's Hezbollah sent 21 experts to assist the Houthis with military operations in Yemen. Interior Minister Ibrahim Haidan stated on Tuesday that these individuals are involved in planning, directing operations, and building military capabilities, including command and control, missile systems, drones, electronic warfare, naval coordination, and combat training. The government warns of threats to shipping through the Bab al-Mandeb strait and calls for international action against the Houthis under UN Security Council resolutions.

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The Yemeni government has accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon's Hezbollah of deploying 21 experts to assist the Houthis in planning and directing military operations within Yemen. According to Interior Minister Major-General Ibrahim Haidan, 14 experts are from the IRGC while 7 come from Hezbollah. These individuals possess expertise in areas such as command and control, ballistic missiles, drones, electronic warfare, smuggling of military components, naval coordination, and fighter training.

The deployment signifies a shift from previous forms of foreign involvement, which included financing, arming, and training, to more direct supervision and active planning roles by these foreign entities. The experts are distributed across multiple cities in Yemen: 8 in Hodeidah, 4 in Sanaa, 4 in Saada, 2 each in Hajjah and Amran, and one expert located in the coastal city of Khokha. This move highlights an escalating level of external intervention in Yemen's ongoing conflict.

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It listed their specialities as including command and control, ballistic missiles and drones, electronic warfare, smuggling military components, coordinating naval operations and choosing commercial ships as targets, developing explosive-laden boats and autonomous submarines, and training fighters in mine-laying and siege tactics.

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Yemen gov’t accuses IRGC, Hezbollah of sending 21 experts to back Houthis · assertive framing

Yemen’s internationally recognised government has accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, of deploying 21 experts to help the Houthis plan and direct military operations in the country. asserted

Houthis → recognise → country

Interior Minister Major-General Ibrahim Haidan said in a statement on Tuesday that 14 members of the group are from the IRGC and seven from Hezbollah. asserted

members → say → Hezbollah

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Arabia → prepare → pact

The experts’ roles show that foreign involvement has moved from financing, arming and training to “direct supervision and participation in planning and managing operations and building military capabilities”, said Haidan. asserted

Haidan → show → capabilities

The statement added that eight of the experts are in Hodeidah, four in Sanaa, four in Saada, two in Hajjah, two in Amran and one in the coastal city of Khokha. asserted

eight → add → Khokha

It → list → tactics

Haidan warned that the activities “threaten shipping in the Bab al-Mandeb strait and the Red Sea” and could transfer military expertise to other armed groups. uncertain

activities → warn → groups

He called on the international community to designate the Houthis a “terrorist” organisation, dismantle their financing and arms networks, and enforce the arms embargo under United Nations Security Council resolutions 2216 and 2624. asserted

He → call → resolutions

The statement comes as Yemeni armed forces and fighters loyal to the government battle the Houthis in five provinces, after the group seized the western Red Sea coast and the Bab al-Mandeb area in September. asserted

group → come → September

The resumption of fighting has shattered a relative quiet brought by a 2022 ceasefire that followed a lengthy civil war which first erupted in 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa. asserted

Houthis → shatter → capital

In 2015, Saudi Arabia entered the war at the head of an international coalition aimed at restoring Yemen’s internationally recognised government. asserted

Arabia → enter → government

The government has long claimed the IRGC is supporting the Houthis, while Tehran insists the Houthis act independently. asserted

Houthis → claim → Houthis

The Houthis acknowledge their alliance with Iran but have long denied being an Iranian proxy, while Hezbollah has previously rejected having a role in Yemen’s war. asserted

Hezbollah → acknowledge → war

Saudi Arabia, whose airports and oil facilities have come under Houthi attack in recent weeks, has accused Iran of encouraging the escalation. asserted

airports → come → escalation

Yemen gov’t accuses IRGC, Hezbollah of sending 21 experts to back Houthis

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