Yemeni foreign minister: Yemen will not be an Iranian pawn

RIYADH: Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Afrah Al-Zouba said the Yemeni government has entered a phase of restoring the state after exhausting opportunities for de-escalation, stressing that any future political process must end with the return of state institutions and the state having sole control over weapons and decisions of war and peace, rather than power-sharing with an armed group. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Al-Zouba said: “We have not abandoned peace, but ra