YEMEN: Aden-based Gov't Calls For International Action To Stop Houthi Threats To Civilian Aviation
ADEN, Yemen
- Yemen's internationally-recognised government has written to the UN Security Council president and secretary-general warning of rising Houthi militia threat to international civil aviation safety in southern Red Sea airspace.
- Permanent Mission of Yemen to UN stated Houthi militia uses Iranian-origin weapons launched from Hodeidah governorate areas toward zones near international air routes.
الحكومة تبعث رسالة لرئيس مجلس الأمن والامم المتحدة بشأن تهديدات مليشيات الحوثي للطيران المدني الدولي#نيويورك | حذّرت الحكومة اليمنية من تهديد خطير لسلامة وأمن الطيران المدني الدولي فوق جنوب البحر الأحمر، جراء استخدام مليشيات الحوثي الإرهابية أسلحة إيرانية المنشأ تُطلق من مناطق… pic.twitter.com/XGES0TSUUi
— وزارة خارجية الجمهورية اليمنية (@yemen_mofa) September 30, 2026
- Letter demanded urgent international action to contain threat and enforce arms embargo on militia.
- Message documented Houthi use of Iranian air defence systems modified inside Yemen with Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) experts into long-endurance missiles.
- Weapons rely on heat-seeking systems that track heat sources without distinguishing military from civilian targets.
- Government said shift of Houthi threat from maritime to airspace marks dangerous escalation beyond Yemen borders.
- Yemen called on UN member states to fully implement arms embargo under Security Council resolutions including 2216.
- Government urged stronger coordination with ICAO and relevant bodies for urgent risk assessment of civilian flights over southern Red Sea.
- Yemen offered to provide technical data and evidence including launch sites and trajectories to UN experts and specialised agencies.
- Government-controlled media says international aid agency flights to/from Sana airport have resumed in recent days despite a flair up in fighting between Houthi militia and Saudi Air Force jets.
- The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) this week extended a standing Conflict Zone advisory (CZIB) for Yemen until 30 April 2027 citing the Houthis increasing use of surface-to-air missiles and drones. The advisory affects the Sana’a Flight Information Region (FIR OYSC), all altitudes, except all routes located in the maritime part of FIR SANAA (OYSC) east of route B400.
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