The Saudi-backed Yemeni government announced Wednesday that it has "strong proofs and evidence" that the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah is supporting the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

A government official based in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh told Xinhua that the internationally recognized Yemeni government is "determined to submit a complete file of complaints to the UN Security Council and the Arab League, confirming the interventions and terrorist acts of Hezbollah in Yemen."

"A lot of proofs and documents will indicate that Hezbollah movement is directly involved in the ongoing war by dispatching military experts and backing the Shiite Houthi militias against the Yemeni people, " the government source said.

The Yemeni government, which is supported by Saudi Arabia, has long accused Iran of arming and financing the Shiite Houthi against the legitimate President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, but Iran denied the accusation.

The Saudi-led coalition has carried out military operations against Houthis in Yemen since March 2015 in an effort to restore Hadi's authority.

Hadi and some members of his government has recently returned to the country's temporary capital of Aden after six months of exile in Riyadh.

The airstrikes by the coalition and ground battles in Yemen have left about 6,000 people killed, half of them being civilians, and more than 1.5 million people displaced. Endit

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