Analysis of Houthi Escalation in Yemen

It is clear that this escalation by the Houthis, who

began this escalation on the third of this month,

is aimed at taking positions in Bab al-Mandab,

controlling the coast overlooking the Red Sea? Is it

attrition, or an attempt to expand

control toward Aden?

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. It is strange, my dear brother, that you say that

the escalation began

at its outset. We know that Saudi Arabia declared war on Yemen

with its U.S.-backed coalition in

March 2015, and it continued until

2022. Then there was a truce. Who breached it in

mid-July? It was Saudi Arabia, by targeting Sana'a

Airport. They speak as though the war

in Yemen, or between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, began at the start of this

month. Therefore, my dear brother, these are

fallacies

that many, especially Saudi Arabia and the guest

Mr. Salem is referring to, try to portray as

not being a Saudi-

Yemeni war, or as a civil war, and that Saudi Arabia supports

Legitimacy. How does Saudi Arabia support legitimacy? It announced a coalition

of Saudi aggression through Ambassador al-Jubeir from Washington in

2015, and there was an official statement of support from the Obama administration

giving its full support to the war and Saudi aggression against Yemen,

along with the blockade, air raids, and bombing.

If you do not call this Saudi intervention, then how

can we interpret it? Everyone can, I mean.

We are no longer in the Stone Age or the Middle

Ages. No one can look into the— the

facts of how this war started.

All right, you have made your point, to save time. Yes, please answer my question: what

is the goal? To what extent has Ansar Allah, the Houthis, succeeded so far

in achieving these goals on the ground?

The goal, my dear brother, was declared when there was

a warning to Saudi Arabia before Sana'a Airport was targeted that any attack on

Yemen would be met in kind. Mr. Abdul-Malik also

announced it several times, as leader of Ansar Allah, and we began

At some point, escalation against Saudi Arabia and also imposing a blockade on it, and all

that began after Sanaa Airport was targeted by several airstrikes.

Therefore, the goals are clear: blockade for blockade.

If Saudi Arabia does not lift it, we will continue imposing the blockade in the Red Sea.

The Saudis must also understand that

the previous targets or today's targets are not like

the targets of the past days, month, or two months.

Yemen now holds and safeguards the reins of the initiative.

It has decided that liberating Yemen is a duty and will

not stop until all Yemeni territory is liberated,

and any Saudi intervention in Yemen ends, or Saudi Arabia

continues its escalation and bombardment. For example, they targeted a market

today in— in Taiz, and they targeted

a water station in Hayfan, Taiz, and a

communications network, as well as one of the most important bridges in the Ibb area,

Al-Dalil Bridge, areas that are more than a hundred away from the combat zones.

55 kilometers. So, my dear brother, Saudi intervention is clear, and also

the Saudi aircraft

that was shot down, the F-15, what was it doing? I mean, it is a

Saudi aircraft, and the Saudis realize that and are still searching

for its pilot and trying to find him.

The point is clear, okay.