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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Iranian flights to Yemen are violation of sovereignty, says Yemeni official

Men raise their fists as they descend steps from an aircraft
Members of a Houthi delegation returning from Tehran disembark from an Iranian aircraft at Hodeidah airport on Monday. Photograph: Houthis Run Al-Masirah Tv Handout/EPA

Iranian flights to and from Yemen are an unacceptable violation of the country’s sovereignty, the vice-president in Yemen’s Saudi-backed, UN-recognised government has said.

Abdullah al-Alimi said in an interview that the planes contained equipment for the Houthi movement, which he said had transformed from merely a domestic threat into a regional and international threat to global security and the global economy.

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