Houthi rebels capture Saudi territory, claims Iranian news agency

Tehran: The Houthi rebels who have seized the locations under the control of the Saudi-backed Hadi government in Yemen, have now gained control of Saudi territory. The Houthi rebels have captured the territory by launching a strike on Saudi’s southern border, claimed an Iran affiliated news agency. Following this, Saudi tried to drive away these rebels by mounting airstrikes. But the news agency claimed that this success for the Houthi rebels is a major jolt to Saudi Arabia.

A few days ago, Houthi rebels launched a massive offensive on the Jizan province in southern Saudi. The Houthi rebels gained control over a certain part of the Jizan province, carrying out attacks with artillery and rockets. A video featuring the Houthi rebels’ attack on the Jizan province and its aftermath was posted on the website. Houthi rebels have gained control over the Jahfan region and the report claims that the Saudi and allied forces fled from the region. At the same time, the weapons of the Saudi and allied forces, ceased by the Houthi rebels have also been shown in the video.

Since the last few weeks, the Houthi rebels have been carrying out rocket and drone attacks on the Saudi military bases, in the Jizan province. There are reports that Saudi airports suffered significant damages in these Houthi drone attacks. However, the Houthi rebels have created a sensation claiming that they have gained control over a few regions in Saudi.

Yemenis have been claiming that the Aseer and Nazran regions from the Jizan province were under their dominance. The Houthi rebels have reiterated the same claim while attacking that Jizan region. Saudi Arabia acquired this region after a war with Yemen in 1934. Therefore, they struck the region to regain the territory from Saudi, claimed the Houthi rebels in the video.

Iranian media also reported that the Houthi rebels had gained control over their territory only whereas Saudi has not accepted the Houthi attack yet. However, the Iran affiliated news agency had claimed that Saudi had launched airstrikes to expel the rebels from the region. At the same time, Saudi and its Arab allies lashed out at Iran, the supporter of Houthi rebels.

On Wednesday, Saudi and its allies accused Iran of supporting terrorist and rebel activities in the Gulf, during a conference of the Arab countries held in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. Accusations of supplying ballistic missiles to the Houthi rebels were levelled against Iran in the conference. At the same time, the Arab countries have reprimanded Iran not to interfere in the developments in the Gulf countries.

Meanwhile, it is claimed that the conflict between the Hadi government and Houthi rebels in Yemen is, in fact, a hidden war between Iran and Saudi Arabia.