# Houthi Diplomacy and Yemen: Debate on Saudi Arabia’s Role - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2107233117614317612 - Source account: [@AlArabiya](https://x.com/AlArabiya) - Source language: Arabic - Target language: English - Duration: 2:58 - Published: 2026-10-05 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/ar/%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%89-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B4-%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role) Is this door, the door of diplomacy with the Houthis, still open? [0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=4) No, it should not be. The mistake of 2018 must not be repeated. This— How was 2018 a mistake? [0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=11) Here, the forces, meaning the legitimate government, were at the gates of Hodeidah, then international pressure halted these attacks, and thus the Houthis persisted. The Houthis have violated every standard and transgressed every sacred principle. They targeted Mecca and Medina, [0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=27) commercial shipping, and civilian sites. [0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=31) For the first time, tens of thousands of Yemenis have been displaced outside their country, in addition to the hunger and killings and displacement they have suffered, the targeting of civilians and camps and hospitals, and the killings. The Houthis no longer have legitimacy. [0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=47) The Fajr al-Yemen operation is not merely a limited military operation. Fajr al-Yemen must be a true dawn. It must be a dawn completed in Sana’a, and there is no alternative. The Houthis’ request for dialogue, this talk, I believe its time has ended like this. [1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=65) Today, the entire international community agrees that these Houthis have committed every heinous crime that could possibly happen. [1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=72) Therefore, today it is the Yemenis— But this same international community, Mr. Jasser, is the one that gave the Houthis exceptional breathing room— Page after page after page, and a page was turned— Over the past years— It agrees with them. [1:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=85) Even since the Gaza war— It agrees with them, and to this day there are parties that want— an agreement with the United States, and— there are parties that want the Houthis to remain, parties that want this fragmentation, parties that want them to be a threat to the region and the Kingdom. [1:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=98) There are parties that benefit from the Houthis continuing, but I mean that the process of moving forward, taking the overall picture, we need to look at the movement now, for example, rebuilding cohesion, since the Kingdom called on all Yemeni forces for dialogue, including [1:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=113) the Southern dialogue, unifying the leadership, and continued support. [1:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=117) Today, an important point has occurred because we are talking about a sustained and integrated effort. [2:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=123) A decision issued by King Salman on an operation to grant all Yemenis residing in Saudi Arabia legal visas, meaning legal status and thus legal residency. This is part of the position. [2:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=134) We are talking about a complete picture of the operations in which there was support from the coalition in helping and affirming the continuation of support. [2:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=142) This will not be an incomplete step, nor will it be a step involving any retreat. [2:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=146) The Houthis have only one choice: surrender their weapons and return. Now Yemenis have the opportunity, and Mr. Abdul Malik can determine that they are now moving. The pressure, fear, and terror from the Houthis in the past, and their capabilities, have been exposed. [2:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=160) What happened in Hodeidah demonstrates the coalition's ability to locate sites, take control of them, and reach them. [2:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=168) The coalition avoided, and still avoids, harming Yemeni civilians because the Houthis exploit civilian areas for storing and stockpiling weapons. [2:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AzmJgXx74a2R/en/houthi-diplomacy-and-yemen-debate-on-saudi-arabia-s-role?t=177) Correct