# Yemeni leader urges enlistment, offers amnesty to Houthi defectors

https://mins.news/en/item/74901

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-26 03:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/26/yemeni-leader-urges-public-to-enlist-offers-amnesty-to-houthi-defectors?traffic_source=rss

> Rashad al-Alimi, chair of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, called for a general mobilisation to support Saudi-backed government forces against Houthi advances toward the Bab al-Mandeb strait. He said Houthi fighters who defect immediately can receive amnesty under constitutional and legal procedures. The Saudi-led coalition later said it intercepted a ballistic missile and two drones headed toward Saudi Arabia.

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