Yemen's foreign minister blamed Iran and its support for Houthi Shiite rebels for causing the country's civil war and said it can't be part of the solution.

Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi said at a press conference that Iranian weapons are still being smuggled into Yemen, Voice of America reported.

Yemen, which is on the southern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, has been engulfed in civil war since September 2014, when the Houthis swept into the capital of Sanaa and overthrew President Abed-Rabbo Mansour Hadi's internationally recognized government.

In March 2015, a Saudi-led coalition began a campaign in support of Hadi's Saleh. Since then, the Iranian-backed Houthis have been dislodged from most of the south, but remain in control of Sanaa and much of the north.

Source: MENA