The Yemeni people have endured immense suffering due to the prolonged aggression and siege, which have worsened the humanitarian situation amid regional and international developments, including the American-Zionist aggression on Gaza, then on Yemen and the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to Ansarullah Political Bureau member Hazam al-Asad.
In an interview with Almasirah TV, al-Asad noted that “the Saudi regime exploited the Yemeni people’s preoccupation with their positions supporting Gaza and the nation’s causes, continuing its aggression and siege for over eleven years.”
He added that Riyadh also continued to evade implementing agreements reached before the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, further compounding Yemenis’ suffering.
Al-Asad stated that “Saudi Arabia imposed a complete siege on Yemen—by air, land, and sea—while continuing to impose economic measures that burdened citizens.” He accused Riyadh of “seizing Yemen’s oil sources and sovereign wealth, plundering their revenues, continuing to support and import mercenaries, and ‘takfirizing’ the reality in the southern provinces.”
He explained that Leader Sayyed Abdulmalik Al-Houthi’s call for action was “a direct reflection of the humanitarian reality Yemen is experiencing,” based on “a legitimate and legal right that guarantees the Yemeni people’s right to live with independence, dignity, and honor, and to liberate their lands from occupation and mercenaries.”
Al-Asad noted that the Leader’s speech “carried a message to the Yemeni people about the necessity of responsible and decisive action, as well as a message to the world establishing the case regarding Yemen’s suffering from aggression and siege.”
He called for cooperation among all components of society—official and popular—within the framework of “general mobilization and full readiness” to confront ongoing dangers.
Al-Asad asserted that “the Saudi regime continues its alignment with American orientations and Israeli dictates, persisting in its siege of the Yemeni people and increasing their suffering, without regard for any humanitarian, moral, or neighborly considerations.”
He cited Riyadh’s position during the Al-Aqsa Flood battle, when it “reneged on implementing the roadmap, despite Yemen’s Red Sea operations aimed at pressuring the Zionist enemy to stop its aggression and genocide against Gaza’s people.”
He added that Riyadh “continued its evasion even after the Gaza truce agreement, and has maintained the same approach with recent developments.” Al-Asad stressed that “the Yemeni people will not accept the continuation of this reality.”
Al-Asad described Saudi Arabia as a “functional regime” subservient to Western orientations—from British to American influence. He said Riyadh now faces two choices: “either submit to the Yemeni people’s rights, cease its aggression and siege, abandon Yemen’s wealth, and retreat from its hostile policies, or continue implementing American dictates—in which case Yemen’s options will remain open.”
Al-Asad noted that “the aggression on Yemen was launched with an announcement from Washington, with direct American support—politically, media-wise, logistically, and militarily—including the management of military operations and participation in them.” He said approximately 300,000 airstrikes have targeted everything connected to the Yemeni people, resulting in the martyrdom of tens of thousands of women, children, and civilians.
He affirmed that “Yemen possesses, by God’s grace, significant and deterrent options enabling it to reclaim its legitimate rights—foremost among them halting the aggression, lifting the siege, removing control over sovereign wealth, recovering what has been plundered, and compensating for the destruction caused by aggression.”
Al-Asad argued that Saudi Arabia continues to move according to American and Western dictates, despite the forces it relied on experiencing failure and collapse—both in southern Lebanon and in Gaza. He stated that the projects of the so-called “Greater Middle East” and “Greater Israel” have also failed.
He noted that the United States, as a result of Yemeni military operations, was forced to “halt its aggression on Yemen and stop its support for the Israeli entity in the Red Sea.” The recent memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States, he added, clearly revealed the fragility of the hegemony and arrogance system, proving it is no longer capable of imposing its will or relying on it to subjugate peoples or enable regional forces to continue their hostile policies.
Al-Asad concluded by emphasizing that the Yemeni people have suffered immensely due to these policies aligned with American and Western orientations, and that the current phase demands “holding fast to national rights and continuing the movement until the aggression ends, the siege is lifted, and full sovereignty over land and wealth is restored.”
Source: Almasirah English Website
