Putin’s security chief rebukes US, UK over attacks on Houthi rebels; ‘An attempt to drag the Middle East into war’

During a key meeting in Bishkek, the Russian Security Council chief launched a scathing attack on the US and Britain, calling their attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen illegitimate. Nikolai Patrushev said that both countries were not attacking the Houthi rebels in self-defense and that their aim was to unnecessarily drag the Middle East into war. His Indian counterparts were also present at the multilateral meeting focused on Afghanistan. See for more information.