Yemen Conflict Update and Analysis

Hussein al-Bukhaiti means

this escalation is the latest

in the war with or against the Ansar Allah

Houthis. How do we expect

the group to deal with this

announcement? And what cards

do the Houthis now hold to respond

to this rhetoric?

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. So that it does not rise to the level of being called

an escalation, it is merely a statement, ink on paper, which I can

send in WhatsApp groups.

What on earth is happening, dear sister? What on earth is happening?

The Yemeni army is advancing now and is in control, and it is affiliated

with Sana'a. Today, the Al-Safiyah district and city were seized.

And it is on

the main road linking Taiz and Aden.

In the past few hours, they also liberated

the entire city of Al-Turbah, the second-largest city in Taiz Governorate.

So that means

here in Sana'a, I mean, these, these statements... It is strange that

an announcement, an announcement of all-out war is made during a war, I mean, what

have we been doing since, since 2015?

But this proves, my dear sister, that Rashad al-Alimi

al-Alimi and everyone in the government, or the so-called internationally recognized government,

have become detached from reality, detached from the ground.

To them, the war is all statements, and the war is all announcements.

But what is happening on the ground is actually the opposite.

The Yemeni army in Sana'a is the one in control and taking the initiative, as it advances in

Taiz, as happened in the past few hours. Today, it also targeted Saudi Aramco

in Riyadh, in addition to Khurais, one of the most important and largest oil fields in

the world, in the Abqaiq and Khurais area. And what has Saudi Arabia done?

It is certainly carrying out

hundreds of airstrikes since it abandoned the truce in Yemen

and targeted Sana'a Airport, but has that changed anything on the ground? No.

This proves that power is now in the hands of Sana'a, and it has

many cards it can use against the Saudis in

any situation.

What are those cards that can be used?

Escalation against Yemen.

And that's what I asked you. So you're saying it's merely a statement.

And ink on paper, as you say, but on what basis is it then

the significance of this statement or this

speech by Rashad al-Alimi being downplayed?

And what is the bet now, Mr. Hussein?

Yes, the downplaying, my dear sister, is that if there is nothing on the ground, that means

it is a statement that is ink on paper, and it will remain ink on paper unless we see that something

changes on the ground. As for the cards Sanaa still holds

against Saudi Arabia, there is, for example, the naval blockade imposed on Saudi oil tankers.

There could also be an escalation operation

by closing Saudi airspace. And I am telling you that Sanaa can

if it decides, within minutes, close all

Saudi airspace by issuing a warning to aviation not to go

to any Saudi airports or use Saudi airspace,

after which the airports will be targeted. It can take this decision

at any, any, any time. And there is, my dear sister, for example, when

Mr. Abdulrahman al-Shawafi said this has been arranged

statement for a long time, and spoke of the

coastal front and the Hodeidah front. They can barely remain

in Taiz.

What alerted them? The coast, as we say, or a leap to Hodeidah

and they speak of Sana'a. So all of this, my dear sister, is merely fallacious

and contrary to what is happening on the ground.

Mr. Abdulrahman al-Shawafi, what is the status of the political track and mediation efforts

regarding the current situation, with

the announcement of this escalation or this

all-out war, although...