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Houthi Sports Minister Assassinated in Sanaa

Flood water fills a canal following heavy rains in the Old City of Yemen's capital Sanaa on April 14, 2020. (AFP)
Flood water fills a canal following heavy rains in the Old City of Yemen's capital Sanaa on April 14, 2020. (AFP)
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Houthi Sports Minister Assassinated in Sanaa

Flood water fills a canal following heavy rains in the Old City of Yemen's capital Sanaa on April 14, 2020. (AFP)
Flood water fills a canal following heavy rains in the Old City of Yemen's capital Sanaa on April 14, 2020. (AFP)

Gunmen shot dead on Tuesday the Sports Minister in the Iran-backed Houthi militias’ illegitimate government.

Hassan Zaid died in hospital from his wounds after gunmen opened fire on his car in an area of the Houthi-held capital Sanaa that houses embassies, two sources close to his family told Reuters.

Zaid’s daughter was also in the car and was seriously injured.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack in the capital that the Houthis have controlled since 2014.

Zaid was wanted by the Saudi-led Arab coalition, which had announced a 10-million-dollar reward for anyone who would step forward with information about him.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Syrian Youth Will Resist Incoming Government

A defaced portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024 (issued 22 December 2024). (EPA)
A defaced portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024 (issued 22 December 2024). (EPA)
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Syrian Youth Will Resist Incoming Government

A defaced portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024 (issued 22 December 2024). (EPA)
A defaced portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024 (issued 22 December 2024). (EPA)

Iran's supreme leader on Sunday said that young Syrians will resist the new government emerging after the overthrow of President Bashar sl-Assad as he again accused the United States and Israel of sowing chaos in the country.

Iran had provided crucial support to Assad throughout Syria's nearly 14-year civil war, which erupted after he launched a violent crackdown on a popular uprising against his family's decades-long rule. Syria had long served as a key conduit for Iranian aid to Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in an address on Sunday that the “young Syrian has nothing to lose" and suffers from insecurity following Assad's fall.

“What can he do? He should stand with strong will against those who designed and those who implemented the insecurity," Khamenei said. “God willing, he will overcome them.”

He accused the United States and Israel of plotting against Assad's government in order to seize resources, saying: “Now they feel victory, the Americans, the Zionist regime and those who accompanied them.”

Iran and its armed proxies in the region have suffered a series of major setbacks over the past year, with Israel battering Hamas in Gaza and landing heavy blows on Hezbollah before they agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon last month.

Khamenei denied that such groups were proxies of Iran, saying they fought because of their own beliefs and that Tehran did not depend on them. “If one day we plan to take action, we do not need proxy force,” he said.