Yemeni authorities threatens to shut Sanaa Airport over Houthi’s economic war

Yemen authorities have threatened to shut operations at the Sanaa International Airport and restrict movements through Hodeidah port unless the Iran-backed Houthis militia does not stop the “economic war” and end their insurgency.

According to Yemen’s minister of information, Moammar Al-Eryani, the most recent economic measures taken by the



Houthis against the Yemeni government and businesses in Sanaa risk escalating the already dire humanitarian emergency and jeopardising prospects for peace in Yemen.

Al-Eryani warned that the Yemeni government will contemplate restricting access to the airport and the port of Hodeidah if the Houthis do not end their military and economic escalation.