Yemen Monitor/ Exclusive
The Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen reiterated its warnings to the Houthis, advising them to avoid a scenario similar to what happened in Syria with the fall of Al-Assad regime and its Iranian-backed militias.
Member of the Presidential Council, Tareq Saleh, said that the international community’s stance today is different from what it was when it halted the battle to liberate the city of Hodeidah; this came after the world became aware of all the facts and that Iran’s tools pose a threat not only to Yemen and Yemenis but also to the region and international navigation.
During a video conference with military leaders on Al-Barh and Al-Hodeidah fronts, Tareq Saleh urged the soldiers to redouble their efforts, remain fully prepared, and be ready for the day when Sana’a inevitably experiences the fall of the Iranian tutelage system, similar to what happened in Damascus.
He said that “the fate of Abdul Malik al-Houthi in Sana’a will not be different from the fate of Iranian tutelage in Damascus.”
He added: “Syria and Yemen face a common enemy, which is the Iranian expansionist Safavid project, and the day of liberation from this tutelage in Sana’a requires national unity and overcoming differences and divisions among loyal forces.”
He continued: “The Syrian people have overthrown the Iranian tutelage system in Damascus forever, and Sana’a will witness the day of national salvation soon.”
For his part, member of the Yemeni Presidential Council, Abdullah al-Alimi, called on the Houthis to reconsider their calculations, stop acting as foreign agents for external ambitions, and learn from what has happened and is happening in some countries in the region to spare the country further bloodshed and destruction (in reference to what happened in Syria and Lebanon).
This came during discussions he held with the UK Ambassador to Yemen, Abda Sharif, on bilateral relations, the latest national and regional developments, and ways to coordinate between the two friendly countries on various issues of common interest.
The meeting touched on the catastrophic repercussions of the economic situation in Yemen due to Houthi attacks on oil facilities in Yemen, shipping vessels in the Red Sea, and international waterways, as well as the government’s efforts to meet the basic needs of citizens, its efforts in the reform process, and combating corruption, and the importance of international community support for these efforts.
Al-Alimi reiterated the Council’s and the government’s commitment to achieving a just and comprehensive peace based on nationally, regionally, and internationally agreed-upon references, and to learn from what is happening in the region and seize the opportunity to review and strive for true, lasting, and comprehensive peace based on the return of state institutions, ending the coup, and transforming into a political party in order to spare our country further disasters.
