A Yemeni warning to prosecute those collaborating with the Houthis...punishments up to death

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While Operation “Yemen Dawn” continues, making progress on the ground, the Yemeni Presidential Command Council, on Tuesday, directed the security and military services to take urgent measures to pursue those involved in spying with the Houthi group or financing its activities and providing support to it, warning that the penalties prescribed for some crimes affecting the security of the state, revealing defense secrets, and aiding the enemy may reach the death penalty.

The Council said in a statement, "Providing the Houthis with information or capabilities that help them target state institutions, its armed forces, and security agencies, or facilitate their operations and finance their activities, requires legal accountability according to the nature of the acts and crimes applicable to them under the legislation in force."

The Council also stressed that “Yemeni laws stipulate severe penalties for crimes that affect the security and independence of the state, or aim to weaken its armed forces and divulge defense secrets, including intelligence with a hostile state that supports a group classified as terrorist,” noting “crimes that carry a penalty of death penalty.”

He also warned officials and members of military and security institutions against exploiting their positions, influence, or capabilities for the benefit of the Houthis, stressing that job or military status does not grant immunity from legal prosecution.

This came at a time when the Yemeni Armed Forces announced, on Tuesday, 2,200 precise targeting operations, carried out by warplanes, drones, field artillery, launchers, and sniper units, as part of the ongoing “Yemen Dawn” operation.

The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Colonel Majid Al-Nuzaili, said in a statement that initial field estimates indicate the neutralization of about 1,200 personnel, and the destruction and damage of more than 440 military vehicles, vehicles, and means in various axes of operations.

He pointed out that the armed forces continued to develop their offensive actions on the eastern and southern fronts, achieving field progress under intense fire support, and the targeting focused on dismantling the enemy defense system, by targeting command and control centers, fortifications, sources of fire, observation and reconnaissance points, areas of mobilization and reserve deployment, weapons and ammunition depots, means of transportation and supply, and high-value military targets in depth.