Military Analysis of Recent Yemen Conflict

I would like to talk about the nature of the battle that took place yesterday.

Yesterday. Uh, there was a serious military gap.

After Sana'a forces took control of Bab al-Mandab,

its cause was Sana'a government's commitment not

to expand into the remaining governorates, as we committed

ourselves to controlling what had been under Tariq Afash's control.

Uh, anyone looking at the map finds that

Taiz Governorate, as well as Lahij Governorate, which was considered

part of Yemen's southern region, share

the Bab al-Mandab area. The Sana'a forces stopped

at Taiz Governorate's borders, in keeping

with our principle of not crossing, uh,

uh, not crossing the borders to open a new front.

And because Saudi Arabia had been seeking, uh, since

the beginning, to make the battle a North-South

conflict, we avoided that. Despite the seriousness of that military gap,

we endured it, so

Saudi Arabia and the mercenary forces exploited this

gap. Saudi Arabia then

uh, carried out

hundreds of airstrikes, more than 300 airstrikes, on a

very narrow desert area, and advanced from there.

The mercenaries' armored vehicles headed toward the, uh, area.

Not even a fly, and they were unable to enter the area.

They only reached its outskirts, in the airport area.

But then those

forces were repelled with missiles and drones, as everyone saw.

When they began broadcasting reports of

victories, their forces were surrounded and receiving

fatal blows. Yes, that is why

we explained that there had indeed been an attack, but it was

repelled. Of course, the Saudi enemy

and its mercenaries achieved a

tactical objective for a short time, but at the cost of

Sana'a achieving a strategic, long-term objective.

Today, Sana'a forces have the right to control

a buffer zone in order to secure Bab al-Mandab.