Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr stated on Monday that Operation Decisive Storm helped save his country from a “painful fate.” The operation was a “firm response to the coup and the flagrant Iranian meddling,” he said during a Gulf Cooperation Council conference in Riyadh on the political solution to the Yemen crisis. The Gulf initiative stipulated that the solution must be based on Yemen’s unity, he continued, while noting that the coup by the Iran-backed Houthis “posed a threat to Yemen and its brothers.” “We will be victorious in this historic confrontation against the militias and Iranian interference,” he vowed. Moreover, bin Daghr stressed that Yemen supports United Nations’ efforts to reach a political solution. In addition, he demanded that military groups be unified and that the rule of law be imposed in Aden. Arms should be limited to the state and legitimate forces, he explained. For his part, GCC Secretary General Abdullatif Al Zayani underscored the importance of implementing UN Security Council resolution 2216 on Yemen.