Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a Houthi political bureau member, told Al Mayadeen TV the
movement has sealed a previously reported gap on the Taiz front and is
continuing advances toward Taiz city. He said the Houthis had proposed excluding
Taiz from hostilities but the other side rejected the plan with "unacceptable"
conditions; with Houthi control of the area the proposal is no longer
applicable. Al-Bukhaiti warned Saudi Arabia not to expand the Yemen front or
internationalize the war and said the Houthis currently have the capability to
close all Saudi airports and ports and could target Saudi infrastructure. He
added Turkey and Pakistan were unlikely to directly intervene but said any
country that intervenes to support Saudi Arabia—even indirectly—would be treated
as a participant in the conflict.
