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Yemen’s president welcomes fall of Assad, says it’s time for Iran to stop ‘meddling in Yemen’
Yemen President Rashad al-Alimi speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 UN Climate Summit, Friday, December 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
The head of Yemen’s internationally recognized government welcomes the fall of the government of President Bashar Assad of Syria.
“It’s a historic moment,” Rashad al-Alimi, who chairs the ruling presidential council, writes on X platform of Assad’s downfall. “It’s time for the Iranian regime to stop meddling in Yemen, respect its sovereignty and identity.”
Al-Alimi, who is backed by Saudi Arabia, is referring to Iran’s support of the Houthi rebels who have been at war with Yemen’s internationally recognized government for a decade.
