Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs Dr. Afrah al-Zouba held a phone call with Indonesian Foreign Minister Armanatha Kristiawan Nasir on Friday.

His Excellency President Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, held talks on Friday with UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband on the latest national and regional developments and coordinated efforts with the international community to strengthen regional security and stability.

Rasd Organization for Rights and Freedoms stated that the city of Taiz is on the brink of an impending catastrophe following the prevention of essential supplies from entering the city, the closure of roads and access routes and the continued imposition of a tight siege by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia.

The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the Houthi military escalation in Yemen and continued attacks against Saudi Arabia, calling for an immediate halt to assaults targeting civilians and civil infrastructure.

President Rashad Mohammed al-Alimi, the Chairman of Presidential Leadership Council, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces held phone calls on Thursday with Council members Lieutenant General Abdulrahman al-Muharrami and Lieutenant General Mahmoud al-Subaihi and Prime Minister Dr. Shaya Zindani to check on their safety and that of government members following a Houthi missile and drone attack on the presidential Maashiq Palace in the interim capital, Aden.

Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militias launched this evening, Thursday, 9 ballistic missiles and 7 different projectiles on several residential neighborhoods in Marib city.

The Prime Minister Dr. Shaya Zindani chaired today, Thursday, a meeting of the Supreme Committee to Combat Smuggling, in the temporary capital Aden.

Minister of Human Rights Mushdal Omar met today, Thursday, with representatives of the Dutch Coalition for Relief in Yemen.

The Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates for Political Affairs Dr. Mansour Bagash expressed gratitude and thanks to the Japanese government for its constant support for Yemen and its significant contribution to the humanitarian and relief actions.

The Republic of Yemen called on all Arab countries to take the necessary legal measures to designate the Houthi militias as a terrorist organization, pursue the Houthi militiamen and hand them over as terrorists.

Major General Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, announced that coalition forces had intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile in the airspace of the holy Illuminated City (A-Medina Al-Munawarrah).

The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms said it had documented 219 crimes and violations committed by Houthi militias in Taiz Governorate over the past 48 hours.

The European Union has called on Houthi terrorist militias to lift the siege imposed on the city of Taiz and allow food, water, medicine and fuel to enter the city.

The government of Yemen has called on the United Nations and the UN Security Council to take urgent and effective measures to lift the crippling siege imposed by the Houthi terrorist militias on the city of Taiz, warning that it threatens to trigger a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe.

Prime Minister Dr. Shaya Zindani stated that the Houthi militia’s continued attacks on civilians in Taiz and its unjust siege of the city constitute war crimes that will not expire with time.

Vice Foreign Minister and Expatriates Mustafa Noman discussed with International Organization for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General for Operations Ugochi Daniels the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, rising displacement, irregular migration from the Horn of Africa and ways to strengthen cooperation between the government and the organization.

A woman was killed and her daughter and two sisters were injured on Wednesday when a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthi militia exploded in Wadi Usus, in the center of Al-Shamayatayn District, south of Taiz Governorate.

Yemen’s Ambassador to Cuba, Mohammed Nasher, discussed the latest political, security and military developments in Yemen with Head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, Emilio Lozada García, on Wednesday.

The Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Governor of Yemen at the World Bank (WB) Group Mohammed sl-Faqmi and Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) Ahmed al-Ma'baqi met today with President of the OPEC Fund for International Development Dr. Abdulhamid al-Khalifa.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Yemeni to Turkey Mohammed Tareiq highlighted the ongoing political and military developments in Yemen, the progress of the "Yemen Dawn Operation" and the national efforts aimed at restoring state institutions and eliminating the Houthi militias' coup.