adminA YEMENI court handed down jail sentences of between one and 10 years each to nine Yemenis yesterday for their involvement in the smuggling of weapons aboard a ship, judicial sources said. Yemeni forces intercepted the Jihan 1 off Yemen’s coast in January. US and Yemeni officials said it was carrying a large cache of weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, being smuggled from Iran to insurgents in Yemen. The sources said one of those tried was sentenced in absentia.
Gulf Arab governments and their Sunni clerical allies accuse regional Shi’ite Muslim power Iran of backing co-religionist communities around the region. Yemen has also accused Iran of trying to meddle in its affairs.— Reuters.
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