Iran funds Yemeni factions to spark turmoil

10/5/2012 -


Alsahwah.net- Yemen's Defense Minister Mohammad Nasser Ahmed has accused some factions of receiving funds of Iran with the aim of sparking turmoil and undermine security and stability.

In a meeting with officials in Aden on Wednesday, he urged officials to cooperate to open blocked roads, ease tensions and find mechanisms to compensate those families that lost its relatives in previous conflicts.

He visited some southern governorate to brief on combat readiness, pointing out that the Interior Ministry will send military reinforces to maintain security in the port city of Aden.

He said that security situation in Aden is complicated and the governorate needs military reinforcement to qualify police stations.