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Yemen’s recognized leader says he won’t expand fight with Houthis after airport attack
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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 leader of Yemen’s internationally recognized government says he won’t expand his confrontation with the Iran-backed Houthi terror group after his forces hit Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian plane carrying a rebel delegation from landing.
“I have also ordered that the scope of the confrontation not be expanded in a manner that would achieve Iran’s objective of dragging Yemen and its people into wars,” says Rashad al-Alimi, who heads the eight-member Presidential Leadership Council, adding he had called an emergency meeting of the PLC following the flare-up.
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