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Houthi spokesman meets with Iran foreign minister in Tehran

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Houthi spokesman meets with Iran foreign minister in Tehran 2/10/2018 8:42:21 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print A Houthi-aligned fighter walks through the Red Sea port of Hodeidah on May 10, 2017. THE NATIONAL, February 10, 2018 -- The spokesman of Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Saturday, state-run media said. Mohammad Abdul Salam's Houthi movement has been waging a more than three-year-long war in Yemen against the internationally recognised government of president Abdrabu Mansur Hadi. Although a Saudi-led military coalition has helped pro-government forces to recapture large swathes of the country from the Houthis, the rebels still control the capital, Sanaa, a well as large areas of the north of the country. Zarif called for an immediate end to the war in his meeting with Mr Salam on Saturday, referencing a 'four-clause plan' drawn up by Tehran to resolve...