Yemen’s Chief of Staff Survives Assassination Attempt in Marib

Chief of Staff Sagher bin Aziz and Presidential Leadership Council member Sultan al-Arada meet in Marib. (26sepnews.net)
Chief of Staff Sagher bin Aziz and Presidential Leadership Council member Sultan al-Arada meet in Marib. (26sepnews.net)
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Yemen’s Chief of Staff Survives Assassination Attempt in Marib

Chief of Staff Sagher bin Aziz and Presidential Leadership Council member Sultan al-Arada meet in Marib. (26sepnews.net)
Chief of Staff Sagher bin Aziz and Presidential Leadership Council member Sultan al-Arada meet in Marib. (26sepnews.net)

Yemen’s Chief of Staff Sagher bin Aziz survived on Tuesday an assassination attempt in the Marib province.

Three of his companions were wounded when a booby-trapped vehicle exploded as his convoy was driving on the international highway in Marib city, said Yemeni military sources.

Observers believe that the Iran-backed Houthi militias were behind the attack, noting that security forces have arrested Houthi cells in Marib over the years.

The assassination attempt took place amid relative calm in the country in the past 18 months. The calm has been disrupted by the Houthis amassing forces to the Marib front and launching attacks in Taiz.

Defense Minister Mohsen Mohammed al-Daeri telephoned bin Aziz to “strongly condemn the cowardly attack” against him.

He hailed the national forces for defending the nation and confronting the terrorist Houthi militias, said the military media.

Daeri said the attack on bin Aziz was motivated by his national stances, brave leadership and stern approach in confronting the Houthis. He called for an investigation into the incident.

Bin Aziz was in Marib where he met with Presidential Leadership Council member Sultan al-Arada. They discussed the latest field and military developments.

Bin Aziz briefed Arada on the visits he carried out to the United States and Saudi Arabia and the talks he held there with military officials.



Türkiye Says It Will Intervene Against Any Attempt to Divide Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a press conference following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, May 27, 2025. (Reuters)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a press conference following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, May 27, 2025. (Reuters)
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Türkiye Says It Will Intervene Against Any Attempt to Divide Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a press conference following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, May 27, 2025. (Reuters)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a press conference following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, May 27, 2025. (Reuters)

Türkiye will directly intervene to stop any attempt to fragment Syria and will prevent any attempts by militants to obtain autonomy after clashes in southern Syria, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday.

His warning against fragmentation, in comments to reporters in Ankara, appeared aimed at Israel as Türkiye considers this to be Israel's ultimate aim in Syria.

Türkiye has condemned Israeli strikes on Damascus last week as an attempt to sabotage Syria's efforts to establish peace and security, and sees clashes between Druze fighters and Syrian Bedouin tribes in the southern province of Sweida as part of an Israeli policy of regional destabilization.

NATO member Türkiye supports Syria's new government and has called for a ceasefire between the Bedouin and Druze fighters.

Fidan said Israel wanted a divided Syria to make the country unstable, weaker and a liability to the region, and added that Kurdish YPG militants were looking to take advantage of the chaos.

"God willing, we will prevent this policy from being realized," he said.

In an apparent reference to the YPG, he said groups in Syria should not see such chaos as a tactical opportunity to achieve autonomy or independence within Syria and that they faced "a big strategic catastrophe".

"This leads nowhere," he said.

Ankara sees the YPG, which spearheads the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, as a terrorist organization, and has carried out several cross-border operations against them.

"We are warning you: no group should engage in acts towards division," Fidan said.

He said many issues could be discussed via diplomacy "but if you go beyond this and seek fragmentation and destabilizing we will consider this a direct threat to our security and intervene."

Fidan said Türkiye would support efforts to secure peace and stability in Syria, and talks on this, but would not let itself be exposed to threats.

Israel did not immediately comment on Fidan's remarks. It said it struck targets in Syria last week to defend the Druze.