Yemen PM: Iran Uses Yemen as Base for Attacking Neighbors

The Yemeni prime minister receives the British Ambassador in Aden (Saba News Agency)
The Yemeni prime minister receives the British Ambassador in Aden (Saba News Agency)
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Yemen PM: Iran Uses Yemen as Base for Attacking Neighbors

The Yemeni prime minister receives the British Ambassador in Aden (Saba News Agency)
The Yemeni prime minister receives the British Ambassador in Aden (Saba News Agency)

Yemen’s prime minister on Tuesday accused the Houthi militia of allowing Iran to use the war-torn country as a base for attacking other states, the official news agency SABA reported.

Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed told British Ambassador to Yemen Richard Oppenheim that the Houthis have shunned peace efforts to end the war and have served as a stooge for the Iranian regime to launch attacks against Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and undermine international maritime navigation through the Red Sea.

He repeated his government’s appeals to the international community to name and shame the Houthis for inflaming violence, aggravating the humanitarian crisis, attacking the country’s neighbors, and rejecting peace initiatives.

Saeed also reviewed with the British ambassador the government’s efforts to achieve economic stability and alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.

They also went over the financial and administrative reforms the Yemeni government is implementing and the international support required to support its efforts.

The two officials also discussed completing the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement in all its aspects.

Saeed praised the UK’s role in supporting Yemen’s internationally-recognized government and people.

He said the Kingdom has made active and vital moves in support of the Yemeni government, and valued Britain's backing of the push for peace based on the three agreed references.

The prime minister also referred to the government’s efforts that resulted in curbing the deterioration of Yemen’s national currency, and restoring the stability of goods and services.

For his part, Oppenheim affirmed support for the government’s efforts to achieve economic stability, meet the needs of the Yemeni people, and complete the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement.

He also stressed the importance of relations between Britain and Yemen and keenness to strengthen these relations in various fields.



Israeli Forces to Demolish More than 100 Homes in Israeli-Occupied West Bank, Local Governor Says

Palestinians carry their belongings as they cross a damaged street after being ordered to leave their homes during an Israeli operation in the Tulkarem camp for refugees in the northwest of the occupied West Bank on May 2, 2025. (AFP)
Palestinians carry their belongings as they cross a damaged street after being ordered to leave their homes during an Israeli operation in the Tulkarem camp for refugees in the northwest of the occupied West Bank on May 2, 2025. (AFP)
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Israeli Forces to Demolish More than 100 Homes in Israeli-Occupied West Bank, Local Governor Says

Palestinians carry their belongings as they cross a damaged street after being ordered to leave their homes during an Israeli operation in the Tulkarem camp for refugees in the northwest of the occupied West Bank on May 2, 2025. (AFP)
Palestinians carry their belongings as they cross a damaged street after being ordered to leave their homes during an Israeli operation in the Tulkarem camp for refugees in the northwest of the occupied West Bank on May 2, 2025. (AFP)

Israeli forces were preparing on Friday to carry out home demolitions across two northern urban refugee camps in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the governor of one of the camps and Israeli military documents shared with The Associated Press by the United Nations.

Abdallah Kamil, the governor of Tulkarem, wrote on Facebook on Thursday that the military was preparing to demolish 116 homes across Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps, two main targets of Israel´s raid into the northern West Bank.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.

Two demolition orders indicated that the buildings would be demolished in 24 hours, according to military documents shared by a UN official on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

The news sent residents of the now evacuated Nur Shams and Tulkarem camps scrambling back to collect belongings before the destruction of their homes.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said there were reports of Israeli forces arresting and firing warning shots at Palestinians as they did so.

The Israeli military has been carrying out an operation in the West Bank over the past several months that displaced, at its height, approximately 40,000 Palestinians. It had emptied and largely destroyed several urban refugee camps in the northern West Bank, like Tulkarem and Nur Shams, that housed the descendants of Palestinians who fled or were driven from their homes in previous wars. That’s the largest displacement in the West Bank since Israel captured the territory in the 1967 Mideast war.

Israel has said that troops will stay in some camps for a year.