CAIRO ¨C Yemen believes that U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s temporary ban on certain Muslims traveling to the United States supports extremists, a news agency run by the Saudi-allied government reported on Sunday.
The impoverished and war-damaged country on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula is one of seven Muslim-majority countries whose citizens face a 90-day ban on entering the United States.
Yemen¡¯s northern regions, including the capital Sanaa and the country¡¯s largest international airport, are controlled by the Iran-allied Houthi group, while its internationally recognized government is based in the south and east.
¡°We resent the U.S. ban ... such decisions support the stance of extremists and sow divisions,¡± the SABA news agency quoted a source at the foreign ministry as saying.
Earlier on Sunday, authorities controlled by the Iran-allied Houthi group in Yemen¡¯s capital denounced the ban as ¡°illegal and illegitimate.
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