[12/11/2026 01:09]

BRUSSELS-SABA
Foreign Minister and Expatriates Affairs Dr. Afrah al-Zouba met today, thrusday, with the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Kaia Kalas and informed her about the consequences of the military escalation by the Houthi terrorist militias in Yemen and the region, as well as ways to increase European support for the Yemeni government.

Al-Zouba highlighted the consequences of the siege of Taiz, pointing out that closing roads and blocking the delivery of food, medicine and fuel threatens the continuation of basic services, especially in hospitals.

She also touched on the expanding scope of Houthi attacks, including shelling cities and residential areas, and attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.

She also referred to the militia's exploitation of humanitarian aid for recruitment, including the recruitment of children, and its cooperation with the Al-Shabaab movement in Somalia for smuggling weapons, human trafficking, and training in the use of drones, in addition to the militia extorting ships and shipping companies in the Red Sea.

The Foreign Minister called on EU member states to respond to the European Parliament's call to list the militia as a terrorist organization, which would enhance the EU's ability to go after its funding and arms networks, and to continue European support for humanitarian response in Yemen.

The EU's official reiterated the EU's support for the Presidential Leadership Council and the Yemeni government, and confirmed the EU's intention to expand its support for capacity building, strengthening internal security, and backing the Yemeni Coast Guard, as well as increasing humanitarian aid, especially in Taiz.

She remarked that the European Parliament's call to classify the militia as a terrorist organization reflects a growing European awareness of the seriousness of the threat it poses to regional security.

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