# Yemen president calls for mobilisation against Iran-backed Houthis

https://mins.news/en/item/74556

- France 24, 2026-09-25 20:41 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260925-yemen-president-calls-on-his-people-to-mobilise-against-iran-backed-houthis

> Yemen’s Riyadh-based President Rashid al-Alimi urged people on Friday to mobilise and join the armed forces, while offering a general amnesty to Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The Houthis have seized large parts of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and imposed a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.

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