Yemen Monitor/Sana’a/Exclusive:
The General Committee of the General People’s Congress (GPC) in Sana’a expressed concerns about Western military buildups in the Red Sea and a potential breach of the UN-sponsored truce that began in April 2022.
This came in a meeting of the committee on Thursday, chaired by Sadeq Amin Abu Ras, the head of the GPC in Sana’a.
“Abu Ras explained that the military buildup in the Red Sea raises concerns,” according to the website.
He emphasized his party’s position of allying with the armed Houthi group to repel and confront “any aggression, as they did during the aggression of the Saudi-led coalition,” as he described it. This refers to the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia in support of the internationally recognized government since 2015.
In the same meeting, Sana’a GPC expressed its right to confront “any attempts to undermine the current truce and seek to return to war.”
A truce between the Houthis and the internationally recognized government in April 2022 halted the war that had been raging since the Houthis seized Sana’a in September 2014.
Since January 11, the US and Britain have been conducting a campaign of airstrikes against Houthi group supported by Iran, and in recent raids, they have used advanced fighter jets to destroy underground Houthi storage facilities.
In addition to US warships, the EU launched a military operation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden last February called “Aspides,” aimed at combating the growing security threats in the Red Sea and enhancing freedom of navigation.
