Defense Minister: Our Support for Palestine Continues, Rejecting U.S. Guardianship

The minister’s remarks were made at the conclusion of a training course for the leaders of brigades, battalions, and squadrons of the reserve forces in the Fifth Military Region. He stated, “The sincere, strict, and effective directives from a wise leader, represented by the leader of the revolution, Sayyid Abdulmalik Badr Al-Din Al-Houthi, have led to the formulation of the Yemeni military equation for the naval forces to restore the identity of the Red and Arabian Seas, which had been hijacked by the Zionists and those involved in the global Zionist vortex.”

Al-Atefi added that Yemen and its armed forces, particularly the naval force, do not target any ships that do not belong to the Zionist enemy entity and do not serve its agenda. He assured that the shipping lane is secure and no other ship will be harmed or obstructed.

He also affirmed Sana’a is committed to all international treaties and covenants that do not infringe upon Yemeni dignity and sovereignty or impose guardianship or dominance. He continued, “We are custodians of the shipping lane in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, and Bab al-Mandab Strait, and there will be no sovereignty for anyone over our territorial waters and on the geopolitics of the new, recovering, strong Yemen that is powerfully present in international forums.”

The general pointed out that “Yemen is not concerned with America’s calculations, as long as the American administration remains captive to Zionist calculations, and America should not think that Yemen revolves in its orbit, or that it can intimidate Yemenis with its weapons and tyranny.”

As long as the Zionist massacres continue in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories, he said, “we will continue to carry out our tasks on the usurping Zionist entity, and will not stop until its aggression and criminality against the innocent in the occupied territories stop. This is a promise we have made, and we will not back down from it. In Yemen, when we say something, we do it.”

The Defense Minister in the caretaker government clarified that “the Yemeni people have been subjected – for nine years – to intense aggression, a suffocating siege, and an international conspiracy, while everyone has been revolving in the orbit of absolute silence and twisted positions.”

He concluded by saying, “Yemen is a haven of peace, partnership, construction, giving, and humanity, especially when intentions are sincere. But when challenges grow and the enemies of Allah, the nation, and Yemen conspire to impose the will of evil and tyranny, another Yemen emerges, and its loyal men stand firm like mountains, fierce against their enemies, strong and honorable in their positions, rushing to restore balance, regain sound positions, and remove symbols of evil, injustice, tyranny, arrogance, and domination.”

Addressing the leaders, Minister Al-Atefi said, “We have complete confidence that you are at a high level of responsibility and awareness of what is happening, and what the enemies harbor, and those who revolve in their orbit. Therefore, we urge everyone to be more vigilant, spirited, and integrated in combat readiness, and to further punish the enemies. As long as we are united under the leadership of the nation’s leader, Sayyid Abdulmalik Badr Al-Din Al-Houthi, the assured victory in the battle of the promised conquest and the holy jihad is our ally – by the will of Allah.”

On their part, the leaders – on their behalf and on behalf of the members of their military units – renewed their affirmation of their high readiness to carry out the tasks assigned to them in defending national sovereignty against any aggressors.

They clarified that the advanced military defensive and offensive capabilities they possess are capable of thwarting the plans and conspiracies of the enemies of the homeland, the people, and the nation.