The leader of the Iranian-backed Houthis said on Sunday he was ready for a political settlement to end the war in Yemen. "A political solution is still possible, internally," Abdel-Malek al-Houthi said in a speech live on television, without elaborating. During the speech, Houthi urged his militia to fight on against Yemen's government, dismissing its recapture of Aden last month as a ‘limited' achievement made possible by Ramadan. He said Aden's fall occurred only because some Houthis had returned home to be with their families at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "Continue and move in your resistance. You are in a strong position. And you are on the way to win," he said. "We are in a battle, a great battle, in which we must use all our efforts." "The enemy, when it threw all its weight and carried out thousands of raids, succeeded in limited achievements. They took advantage of an opportunity," Houthi said, referring to Ramadan. Houthi accused his foes of resorting to alliances with both militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Israel in their assault on the southern port city. Yemen's government retook much of Aden in July, supported by air strikes waged by Saudi Arabia and its regional allies. Air campaign Meanwhile, coalition planes targeted Houthi and Saleh-allied militias in the country's eastern province of Taez on Monday, according to Al Arabiya News Channel. Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition that has been pursuing an air campaign inside Yemen since March against the Houthis. The Houthis control the capital, Sanaa, and northern parts of the deeply impoverished Arabian Peninsula nation.
