# Yemen’s former prime minister says civil war puts future of western security at stake

https://mins.news/en/item/102540

- The Guardian, 2026-10-16 04:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/future-western-security-at-stake-yemen-civil-war-former-pm

> Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, Yemen’s former prime minister and now an adviser to its president, says a Houthi takeover of Taiz would threaten control of the Bab al-Mandab strait and the route to Aden. He urges greater western support and warns the Houthis may besiege and enter the city. Taiz is the new frontline after a Houthi campaign launched last month to seize Yemen’s Red Sea coast.

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