Yemeni Defense Minister Accuses International Community of Protecting Houthis… Details
With international shipping still being targeted by Iran-backed terrorist militias, Yemen’s defense minister, Lieutenant General Mohsen al-Daeri, accused the international community and the UN envoy’s office of being lax in dealing with Houthi militias and their attacks on oil and economic installations.
During his meeting with the military adviser to the UN envoy, Brigadier General Anthony Hayward, the minister pointed to the deterioration of international pressure to stop the legitimate forces of more than one front, foremost the liberation of Hodeidah, and to hand it the Stockholm Agreement on humanitarian grounds.
Turning a blind eye to the Houthi terrorist militias by the international community will pay a price for this, calling for a serious international stance to stop the intransigence and arrogance of the militias to restore the state and its institutions and bring peace to Yemen.
The Yemeni Minister of Defense said government forces are confronting a terrorist group that claims a divine right to rule and wants to rule the people with iron and fire. He called for a serious stance by the international community to stop the intransigence and arrogance of the Houthi terrorist militias, which are supported by Iran, to restore the state and its institutions and bring peace and stability to Yemen.
According to the official Saba agency, the UN envoy’s advisor said: “They are seeking peaceful solutions that lead to ending the war and bringing peace, stressing the difficulty of their mission in light of the intransigence of Houthi militias.”
Meanwhile, Houthi militias shelled residential neighborhoods and army positions north and west of Taiz city.
A military source said that the militias targeted with tank shells and artillery residential neighborhoods and government forces positions around the defense perimeter, Han Mountain and Hadran Valley, noting that the army forces responded to the sources of Houthi fire, without providing further details.
Since the beginning of this year, Houthi militias have stepped up their attacks against civilians and army positions, despite efforts to revive the truce, which ended at the beginning of October. They have launched attacks on three oil ports, al-Dabba, Al-Nashima, and Qena, in Hadhramaut and Shabwah governorates (east).
The recent attacks by the Houthis on a number of oil ports have caused a salary cut for government employees due to the stoppage of oil exports. This will complicate the economic crisis in the country, as the Houthis are clinging to their path of escalation with the aim of confusing the legitimate government without taking into consideration the crisis suffered by the Yemeni people, a large part of whom are living under the poverty line.
The Houthis are seeking to disrupt the situation in areas under the control of the legitimate government by targeting the oil sector, underscoring their rejection of regional and UN attempts to restore peace and reactivate the truce.
The Houthis are trying to anger residents in areas freed from their grip by the deteriorating economic situation, where the decision to cut salaries will further aggravate the situation.
