In answer to a question about whether he thought the Saudi-led operation, which began on Thursday, would last days or weeks or more, Yaseen replied: "I expect that this operation will not go on for long, I think it will be days."
Saudi Arabia has launched a military operation in Yemen to stop the advance of Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels, with the explicit support of several Arab and Western countries, including Egypt, which sent warships to Aden.