Aden: Popular Committee fighters backing Yemeni president Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi said they captured two Iranian military officers advising Al Houthi militiamen in Aden. If confirmed, tensions between Tehran and Riyadh are expected to escalate. The Popular Committee sources say the captured men were from the elite unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Three sources from the PC said the Iranians, identified as a colonel and a captain, were seized in two different districts rocked by heavy gun battles.
“The initial investigation revealed that they are from the Quds Force and are working as advisors to the Al Houthi militia,” one of the militia sources told Reuters.
“They have been put in a safe place and we will turn them over to Decisive Storm to deal with them,” the source added.
On Thursday, Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper reported that the body of a Hezbollah fighter was found in the Shabwa province following heavy clashes.
