Yemen gov’t accuses IRGC, Hezbollah of sending 21 experts to back Houthis

Interior Ministry alleges experts from Iranian force and Lebanese group work with Houthis to build military capabilities.

People inspect damage at a house hit by a Houthi missile in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen, October 21, 2026 [Anees Mahyoub/Reuters]

Yemen’s internationally recognised government has accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, of deploying 21 experts to help the Houthis plan and direct military operations in the country.

Interior Minister Major-General Ibrahim Haidan said in a statement on Tuesday that 14 members of the group are from the IRGC and seven from Hezbollah.

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The experts’ roles show that foreign involvement has moved from financing, arming and training to “direct supervision and participation in planning and managing operations and building military capabilities”, said Haidan.

The statement added that eight of the experts are in Hodeidah, four in Sanaa, four in Saada, two in Hajjah, two in Amran and one in the coastal city of Khokha.

It listed their specialities as including command and control, ballistic missiles and drones, electronic warfare, smuggling military components, coordinating naval operations and choosing commercial ships as targets , developing explosive-laden boats and autonomous submarines, and training fighters in mine-laying and siege tactics.

Haidan warned that the activities “threaten shipping in the Bab al-Mandeb strait and the Red Sea” and could transfer military expertise to other armed groups.

He called on the international community to designate the Houthis a “terrorist” organisation, dismantle their financing and arms networks, and enforce the arms embargo under United Nations Security Council resolutions 2216 and 2624.

The statement comes as Yemeni armed forces and fighters loyal to the government battle the Houthis in five provinces, after the group seized the western Red Sea coast and the Bab al-Mandeb area in September.

The resumption of fighting has shattered a relative quiet brought by a 2022 ceasefire that followed a lengthy civil war which first erupted in 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa.

In 2015, Saudi Arabia entered the war at the head of an international coalition aimed at restoring Yemen’s internationally recognised government.

The government has long claimed the IRGC is supporting the Houthis, while Tehran insists the Houthis act independently. The Houthis acknowledge their alliance with Iran but have long denied being an Iranian proxy, while Hezbollah has previously rejected having a role in Yemen’s war.

Saudi Arabia, whose airports and oil facilities have come under Houthi attack in recent weeks, has accused Iran of encouraging the escalation.

内政部声称，来自伊朗部队和黎巴嫩组织的专家与胡塞武装合作，以增强其军事能力。

2026年10月21日，在也门西南部城市塔伊兹，人们正在查看胡塞武装导弹击中房屋的损坏情况。[Anees Mahyoub/路透社]

也门国际公认的政府指责伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）以及黎巴嫩真主党向胡塞武装派遣了 21 名专家，帮助其计划和指挥在也门的军事行动。

伊朗内政部长易卜拉欣·海丹少将在周二的一份声明中表示，该组织14名成员来自伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队，7名成员来自真主党。

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海丹表示，专家们的角色表明，外国的参与已经从资助、武装和训练转向“直接监督和参与计划和管理行动以及建设军事能力”。

声明还补充说，八名专家在荷台达，四名在萨那，四名在萨达，两名在哈杰，两名在阿姆兰，一名在沿海城市霍卡。

报告列出了他们的专长，包括指挥与控制、弹道导弹和无人机、电子战、走私军事部件、协调海军行动和选择商船作为目标、开发装载炸药的船只和自主潜艇，以及训练战士进行布雷和围攻战术。

海丹警告说，这些活动“威胁到曼德海峡和红海的航运”，并可能将军事技术转移给其他武装团体。

他呼吁国际社会将胡塞武装认定为“恐怖组织”，解散其融资和武器网络，并根据联合国安理会第2216号和第2624号决议执行武器禁运。

声明发布之际，也门武装部队和效忠政府的武装人员正在五个省份与胡塞武装作战。此前，胡塞武装于 9 月占领了红海西部沿岸和曼德海峡地区。

战斗的恢复打破了2022年停火协议带来的相对平静。该停火协议是在一场旷日持久的内战之后达成的，这场内战最早于2014年爆发，当时胡塞武装占领了首都萨那。

2015年，沙特阿拉伯领导国际联盟介入也门战争，旨在恢复也门国际公认的政府。

也门政府长期以来一直声称伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队支持胡塞武装，而德黑兰方面则坚称胡塞武装独立行动。胡塞武装承认与伊朗结盟，但长期否认是伊朗的代理人，而真主党此前也曾否认参与也门战争。

沙特阿拉伯的机场和石油设施在最近几周遭到胡塞武装的袭击，该国指责伊朗怂恿局势升级。