Yemeni ambassador to Syria participates in seminar on Int’l conflict over waterways in Damascus

Yemen’s ambassador to Syria Abdullah Sabri on Monday participated in an intellectual seminar held at Assad’s office in the Syrian capital, Damascus, entitled “The Zionist-American Project and the International Conflict over Waterways – Bab al-Mandab as a Model.”

The seminar was organized by the Syrian Arab People’s Committee and in cooperation with the Palestinian resistance factions in support of the Palestinian People and the Al-Quds International Foundation. Tens of political, cultural and media figures attended the seminar and delivered speeches.

Ambassador Sabri, in his speech, talked about the war of the aggression coalition against the Yemeni people, saying it is a continuation of the colonial era, where Britain’s fingerprints in the past and present are the same, the scenario in Yemen is the same as the one in Syria, especially with regard to the implementation of the Zionist-American project.

He pointed out that the Arab region will not recover unless the official Arab regime redefines the meaning of the Arab national security, on top of which is the enmity with the Zionist entity.

Director of the Al-Quds International Foundation in Syria Dr. Khalaf Al-Muftah spoke about the attempts made by the Western countries to control the geostrategic waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal and Bab al-Mandab.

He stressed the need to be aware of the pretexts fabricated by the colonial countries and their proxies to plant terrorist groups in the regions that are rich in natural resources or that have strategic locations and control waterways.

Tunisian political analyst Dr. Tawfik Al-Madini touched on the importance of the location of the Bab al-Mandab Strait as one of the most important sea lanes in the world, it provides regional and international powers with access to the Mediterranean Sea and the oceans bordering it, which prompted the West to have a military presence in the region and extend influence over it in various ways and means.

He pointed to the Emirati role in serving the Zionist entity and America, and this was manifested through official and public normalization with the Zionist entity, And the war on Yemen, the occupation of Bab al-Mandeb, Aden and Socotra, and work to divide and tear Yemen apart and tamper with its political geography.

Palestinian writer and researcher, Dr. Ibrahim AbdulKarim pointed out in his paper entitled “Current Israeli Calculations on Bab al-Mandab”, to the attempts of the Zionist entity to seek a foothold in the Red Sea to revive the Israeli economy.

He explained that the imports and exports of the entity state through Bab Al-Mandab amounted to twenty billion dollars during the year 2021. Noting the Yemeni military force, which is constantly evolving and is a major concern for Israel, as is evident in the Hebrew reports and newspapers themselves.

AbdulKarim stressed the need to confront the Zionist entity and thwart its plans that threaten the existence of the entire Arab nation.