Yemen envoy warns of wider war as Houthis threaten Bab al-Mandeb Strait
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Yemen's ambassador warns Houthi attacks threaten global shipping.
The war in Yemen is threatening to open a new front as the Iran-allied Houthi rebels are trying to advance along the Red Sea coast, through the mountain chains of Taiz province, edging closer to strategic ground that overlooks one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries.
For the internationally recognised Yemeni government, this is an offensive with global consequences.
In Wednesday’s interview with Al Jazeera, Yemen’s Ambassador to Qatar, Rajeh Badi, a former government spokesman, said that his government and its armed forces had not violated any truce since 2021.
Badi, who has spoken to the media for the first time since taking up his post, said those attacks are designed to change the nature of the war.