article_snippet.sent: Saudi Arabia's navy now controls all Yemeni ports, allowing only closely watched non-military medical goods to pass Saudi Arabia's navy blockade, according to a Saudi source.
article_snippet.sent: The Saudis appear intent on seeing it through, as evidenced by remarks from Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal in Riyadh.
article_snippet.sent: the Yemeni will, make a coup against the constitutional legitimacy and reject all peaceful solutions," Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal in Riyadh said, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.
article_snippet.sent: We are not warmongers," Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal in Riyadh added.
article_snippet.sent: Yemen has been in disarray for some time, beset by widespread poverty and insecurity.
article_snippet.sent: Those factors helped terror groups like al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula find homes in Yemen, but didn't help Yemen 26 million citizens in its 26 million citizens quest for peace and prosperity.
article_snippet.sent: That's because the Saudis have painted The Houthis as tools of Iran's government, an accusation that also reflects the fact Saudi Arabia (and the Saudis allies in the coalition) are predominantly Sunni Muslims, while Iran and The Houthis are Shiites.
article_snippet.sent: The state-run Saudi Press Agency quoted Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud al-Faisal as saying Tuesday that Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud al-Faisal would not condemn Iran, but would instead test Iran's intentions "by extending our hands to Iran as a Muslim neighbor to open a new page.
article_snippet.sent: If those two countries could achieve real cooperation, those two countries could achieve real cooperation could ease the pressures that are tearing Yemen apart.
article_snippet.sent: On the other side, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that officials in Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian country and Saudi Arabia can help bring about a "political solution" in Yemen, according to Iran's state-run Press TV, citing AFP.
article_snippet.sent: We strongly object to the military solution in Yemen," Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said, reiterating a view made by other Iranian officials.
article_snippet.sent: We believe that the Saudi military attack against Yemen is a strategic mistake.