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Hezbollah leader meets with Yemeni militia

Hezbollah leader meets with Yemeni militia
Lebanon’s Shiite movement Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah is said to have met with members of the Houthi militia. (AFP/File/Patrick Baz)
Updated 19 August 2018

Hezbollah leader meets with Yemeni militia

Hezbollah leader meets with Yemeni militia
  • It is understood that Nasrallah met with a delegation headed by Houthi spokesman Mohamad Abdelsalam
  • The Hexbollah leader and the Houthi militia discussed the war in Yemen

BEIRUT: Hezbollah says its leader has met with a delegation from the Houthi militia.
The Lebanese militant group said Sunday that Hassan Nasrallah met with a delegation headed by Houthi spokesman Mohamad Abdelsalam to discuss the latest developments in Yemen’s war.
Hezbollah is believed to train and support the Iran-backed Shiite Houthi fighters, who are at war with a Saudi-led coalition allied with Yemen’s internationally recognized government.
Hezbollah, which is also an Iran-allied Shiite group, says the Houthis are fighting a war against “Saudi and American imperialism.”
Iran supports the Houthis but denies arming them.