Saudi Complicating Yemen Political Process: Hezbollah Chief

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday accused the Saudi-led coalition, which has been pounding positions of Yemen's Shiite Houthi group, of complicating the country's political process.



"The world today is witnessing major deception by Saudi Arabia with regards to the situation in Yemen," Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Tuesday.



In late March, Saudi Arabia and several of its Arab allies began striking Houthi positions from the air across Yemen.



Riyadh says the air campaign is in response to appeals by embattled Yemeni President ABD Rabbuh Mansour Hadi for help against the Houthis.



Nasrallah said that the aim of the "Saudi-American aggression" on Yemen is to control the country.



"What the Saudi-led coalition is doing is to complicate the political process in Yemen," he added.



Yemen in general has remained in a state of turmoil since 2011, when a popular uprising forced autocratic President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down one year later.



The situation escalated in the country after the Houthis overran capital Sanaa in September and advanced on other provinces across Yemen



www.aa.com.tr/en - Beyrut