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Yemen’s defense council takes number of decisions to deter Houthi drone attacks
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LONDON, 23 October 2022, (TON): Yemen’s National Defense Council held an emergency meeting, headed by President Rashad Al-Alimi, to deal with the repercussions of a Houthi drone attack on a southern oil terminal in Hadramout province a day earlier.
During the meeting, the council took a number of firm decisions to deter such criminal attacks and authorized the government to immediately implement them in accordance with a “time-line defensive, diplomatic and economic plan to protect the interests of the Yemeni people” and thwart all destructive attempts by the Iran-backed group.
The meeting, which was attended by the Presidential Council, heads of legislative, executive and advisory authorities, and the governors of Hadramout and Shabwa, heard a number of briefings and reports from members of the defense council and both governors, and the options available to deal with these threats that “target international peace and security, and exacerbate the human suffering of the Yemeni people.
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