Yemen Warns of US-Saudi-Emirati Coalition’s Attempts to Turn Yemeni Territory into Toxic Waste Dumps

Sana’a warned on Saturday of attempts by the US-Saudi-Emirati coalition of aggression to turn Yemeni territory and waters into dumping grounds for nuclear and toxic waste under the cover of dubious agreements with the mercenary government. The devastating effects of this have already begun to emerge clearly on the coastlines of some occupied provinces, putting the enemy and its involved companies under target, for protecting the country’s wealth and sovereignty.

The Ministry of Fisheries Wealth in the National Salvation Government said in a statement that the aggression coalition led by the Saudi regime is seeking “to turn Yemen into a dump for its toxic waste,” warning of attempts to sign “agreements between the Saudi Nuclear Commission and the mercenary government to contain nuclear radiation from toxic waste.”

The statement pointed out that “this step threatens a major environmental disaster due to the impact of the Saudi waste, which has been and will be buried in desert and marine areas in Yemen.”

The ministry revealed that “the radiation recently detected in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea has caused the death of thousands of tons of fish and the destruction of coral reefs and marine environment on the coasts of Aden, Abyan, Al-Mahra, and Hadhramaut provinces.”

Reports in the past have indicated massive numbers of fish dying on the coasts of many occupied provinces, with accusations leveled against the mercenary government and the aggression coalition countries for being behind it.

What the Ministry of Fisheries Wealth revealed poses a serious threat to Yemen’s sovereignty, its wealth, and the safety of millions of citizens in various provinces and regions where the enemy seeks to dump its toxic waste.

The ministry considered this step to be part of the criminal practices of the Saudi regime against the Yemeni people, pointing out that Saudi Arabia “has been working since the beginning of its aggression to turn Yemen into a testing ground for all internationally prohibited weapons, including cluster bombs, incendiary ammunition, and nuclear weapons used with its allied countries to target Yemen with American, Zionist, and Western support.”

In the context of confronting this criminal endeavor, the Minister of Fisheries Wealth, Mohammed Al-Zubairi, called on the National Salvation Government to “take appropriate measures” to respond to the Saudi regime and its mercenaries burying nuclear waste in Yemen.

In an interview with “Al-Masirah,” Al-Zubairi called on the “Ministry of Defense and the political leadership to take a firm stance; as polluting Yemeni waters affects the entire marine environment.”

Al-Zubairi explained that “a committee has been formed from the naval forces, security, coast guard, foreign ministry, and fisheries wealth ministry to follow up on the issue of nuclear waste,” and that upon reporting any violation, the foreign ministry will communicate with the United Nations and international organizations on this matter.

He added that “the Yemeni naval forces monitor the entry of any ship into the territorial waters.”

For his part, the director of Maritime Control in the Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, Mohammed Abbas Al-Faqih, revealed to “Al-Masirah” that “the waste that Saudi Arabia wants to bury in Yemen belongs to major foreign companies.”

The leader of the revolution, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, had announced in his speech on the occasion of the annual anniversary of the Al-Sarkha that the national wealth protection equation imposed by the armed forces to prevent oil smuggling would expand to include the protection of all wealth on land and at sea. This may put the enemy, its mercenaries, and the foreign companies involved in burying waste under the threat of being targeted.

Observers warned the aggression coalition countries and their mercenaries of ignoring the statement of the Ministry of Fisheries Wealth in Sana’a, pointing out that the continuation of burying waste could lead to serious consequences, given the serious threat it poses.

The deputy director of the Department of Moral Guidance at the Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Abdullah Bin Amer, said: “A responsible approach must be taken with the statement issued by the Ministry of Fisheries Wealth in Sana’a to raise awareness and warn those involved on the other side as a prelude to exposing and holding them accountable.”

He added that “the continued involvement of several foreign parties in burying toxic waste in Yemeni waters and coasts threatens a catastrophe that endangers the lives of Yemenis as well as marine life.”