(VOVworld) – Yemen’s foreign minister Riyadh Yasseen on Tuesday called for an Arab ground intervention in Yemen to push back the Houthi rebels.

Yemeni Houthi rebels hold up their weapons during a rally against air strikes in Sanaa, on March 26, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)

In an interview with the Arab TV channel “al-Arabiya Hadath”, Yaseen said that Yemen was asking for a military intervention as soon as possible to save its infrastructure and the Yemenis who had been under siege in several cities. The Spokesman of the Saudi-led military coalition against the Houthis, General Ahmed Assiri, said that there was no need to deploy ground forces, but left this option open for the future.