The Yemeni government said, through the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Muammar Al-Eryani, that the terrorist Houthi militia affiliated with Iran seized a Yemeni Airways plane, an Airbus A330, in conjunction with its continued freeze of the company’s accounts and balances, which exceed $80 million. 7 months ago, it reaffirmed its continuation of the escalation approach, and its reality as a criminal gang that does not care about international laws and conventions.

Muammar Al-Eryani explained in a statement published by Sabant that the systematic targeting of the terrorist Houthi militia and the acts of piracy that affected the Yemeni Airlines Company, the national carrier for all Yemenis from all governorates of the Republic, came in conjunction with the militia’s signing of an air transport agreement with the Iranian company (Mahan Air). To operate (14) flights per week, to strengthen the Iranian presence in areas under its control by force, by bringing in experts and smuggling weapons and military technology.

Al-Eryani held the Houthi militia fully responsible for this dangerous escalation, which falls within its efforts to create crises and exploit them to put pressure on the local, regional and international community, and use citizens under its control as hostages, and for the consequences that may result, most notably halting flights through Sana’a airport and depriving Citizens, patients and the elderly can benefit from the facilities provided by the government to restart the airport.

Al-Eryani called on the international community, the United Nations and its special envoy to leave the silence, condemn these moves that threaten to complicate the situation further, and for which innocent civilians will pay the price, and pressure the Houthi militia to release the detained plane immediately and unconditionally, and lift the ban imposed on the company’s assets. And neutralize it.