NEWSRAEL: The Houthis, like Hamas and Hezbollah before them, know only ONE WAY to negotiate with others - by violent threats.
The warning of Major General Muhammad Nasir al-Attapi, the Minister of Defense of Yemen: If they don't end the siege on Yemen, we will attack with drones and missiles.
BACKGROUND: In 2017, as part of the civil war in Yemen, the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia that supports the Yemeni government announced that it would temporarily attempt to prevent the Houthi rebels from arming themselves in the country after a missile hit the airport in Riyadh.
According to the announcement, published in the Saudi government news agency SPA, the purpose of the closure was to stop the introduction of Iranian weapons into the country.