Mohammad Abdul-Salam, a spokesman for Yemen�s Shia Houthi rebel movement Ansar Allah, held a meeting with Iran's ambassador to Yemen and thanked Tehran for endorsing the establishment of the Council, which had been agreed by Ansar Allah movement and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh�s General People�s Congress party in late July.






�MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� Mohammad Abdul-Salam, a spokesman for�Yemen�s Shia Houthi rebel movement Ansar Allah, has praised Iran for�approval of�the establishment of�the Arab country's Supreme Political Council, strictly opposed by�the governmental forces, Iranian media reported Tuesday.In early August, the UN-brokered talks in�Kuwait on�Yemen�s reconciliation ended with�the government and Houthi rebels failing to�come to�an agreement and the rebels forming the Supreme Political Council with�a prospect of�ruling the country.

According to�the Tasnim news agency, Abdul-Salam, a senior official from�the Houthi movement at�Kuwait talks, has recently held a meeting with�Iran's ambassador to�Yemen and thanked Tehran for�endorsing the establishment of�the Council, which had been agreed by�Ansar Allah movement and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh�s General People�s Congress party in�late July.

According to�Abdul-Salam, the 10-member body is a milestone in�reaching a political compromise to�end the Yemeni civil war.

Since 2014, Yemen has been engulfed in�a military conflict between�the government headed by�Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Ansar Allah movement, also known as�the Houthis, which is the country�s main opposition force. The Houthis are backed by�army units loyal to�former Yemeni President Saleh.

Since March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition of�mostly Persian Gulf countries has been carrying out�airstrikes against�the Houthis at�Hadi's request.

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