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Coalition Confirms Support to Yemeni Army in Ending Houthi Coup

Col. Turki al-Malki, spokesman of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, with Yemeni Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sagheer bin Aziz and army officials (Asharq al-Awsat)
Col. Turki al-Malki, spokesman of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, with Yemeni Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sagheer bin Aziz and army officials (Asharq al-Awsat)
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Coalition Confirms Support to Yemeni Army in Ending Houthi Coup

Col. Turki al-Malki, spokesman of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, with Yemeni Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sagheer bin Aziz and army officials (Asharq al-Awsat)
Col. Turki al-Malki, spokesman of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, with Yemeni Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sagheer bin Aziz and army officials (Asharq al-Awsat)

The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said it will continue to support the national army until the state is restored and the Houthi coup is terminated.

Speaking after meeting with senior Yemeni army officials in Marib and al-Jawf, Coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki praised the efforts of the armed forces and popular resistance against the Iran-backed Houthi militias.

Maliki toured the battlefronts in the governorates as part of the Coalition's continuous support for the military operations.

State-owned Saba news indicated that Malki confirmed the ongoing support of the Coalition to Yemeni armed forces until the end of the coup and the complete liberation of the remaining territories under the control of the Houthis.

For his part, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sagheer bin Aziz praised the army and popular resistance forces on the battlefronts in al-Jawf, west of Yemen.

Official sources stated that the Commander of the Sixth Military Region, Major General Amin al-Waeli, briefed the Chief of Staff on the recent military victories, asserting their importance in allowing the armed forces to move towards al-Hazm, capital of Jawf.

Bin Aziz emphasized that the army is waging a battle on behalf of the Arab nation against the new Persian ambitions in the region, which aim to expand, dominate, and spread destructive ideas among Arab societies.

He also lauded the continuous support of the Saudi-led Coalition for the Yemeni army.

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Damascus, Ankara Agree Natural Gas Deal for Syria

A drone view shows the power plant in Aleppo, Syria, April 15, 2025. (Reuters)
A drone view shows the power plant in Aleppo, Syria, April 15, 2025. (Reuters)
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Damascus, Ankara Agree Natural Gas Deal for Syria

A drone view shows the power plant in Aleppo, Syria, April 15, 2025. (Reuters)
A drone view shows the power plant in Aleppo, Syria, April 15, 2025. (Reuters)

Syrian Energy Minister Mohammad al-Bashir said Friday Damascus and Ankara had reached a deal for Türkiye to supply natural gas to the war-torn country via a pipeline in the north.

"I agreed with my Turkish counterpart Alparslan Bayraktar on supplying Syria with six million cubic meters of natural gas a day through the Kilis-Aleppo pipeline," Bashir said in a statement carried by state news agency SANA.

Kilis is near Türkiye’s border with Syria, which is north of the city of Aleppo.

The deal will "contribute to increasing the hours of electricity provision and improve the energy situation in Syria", Bashir added.

Syria's authorities, who toppled Bashar al-Assad in December, are seeking to rebuild the country's infrastructure and economy after almost 14 years of civil war.

The conflict badly damaged Syria's power infrastructure, leading to cuts that can last for more than 20 hours a day.

Bayraktar told the private CNN-Turk broadcaster late Thursday that "we will provide natural gas to Syria from Kilis within the next three months".

"This gas will be used in electricity generation at the natural gas power plant in Aleppo," he said, confirming an expected daily flow of six million cubic meters.

In March, Qatar said it had begun funding gas supplies to Syria from Jordan, in a move aimed at addressing electricity production shortages and improving infrastructure.

That announcement said the initiative was set to generate up to 400 megawatts of electricity daily in the first phase, with production capacity to gradually increase at the Deir Ali station southeast of Damascus.

Both Türkiye and Qatar have close ties with Syria's transitional government, and were the first two countries to reopen their embassies in Damascus after Assad's ouster.

Both have also urged the lifting of sanctions on Syria.

In January, Syria's electricity chief said two power ships were being sent from Türkiye and Qatar to increase supply after the United States eased sanctions, allowing fuel and electricity donations to Syria for six months.

Last month, Britain said it was lifting energy production sector sanctions, a move Damascus said would "directly contribute to improving" Syrians' living conditions.