Assault on Yemen’s Hudaydah will lead to disaster: Iran

Rouhani, in a phone call with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, said there was “no military solution” to the ongoing crisis in Yemen.
The Iranian leader reportedly went on to assert that the “adventurous policies of certain Persian  Gulf States” was “threatening the security of the entire region”.
Last week, Yemeni government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition (of which the UAE is a leading member), launched a wide-ranging operation to retake Al-Hudaydah — and its seaport — from the Houthis.
Yemen’s internationally-recognized government (currently based in the port city of Aden) and its allies accuse the Houthis of using the seaport to smuggle weapons into the country from Iran.
Impoverished Yemen has remained wracked by violence since 2014, when Shia Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including capital Sanaa.
The ongoing violence has devastated Yemen’s infrastructure, including water and sanitation systems, prompting the UN to describe the situation as “one of the worst humanitarian disasters of modern times”.