Ibb Governor Abdulwahid Salah has warned Yemenis against joining Saudi-backed forces, stressing that Saudi Arabia is recruiting Yemenis to serve as fighters and human shields in pursuit of its hostile agenda in Yemen.
He urged residents of Ibb who remain aligned with Saudi Arabia to return home and abandon proxy wars serving Saudi interests. Salah added that recruits were being pushed into battles without a national cause of their own.
Salah praised the Yemeni Armed Forces' operations against Saudi enemy troop concentrations and allied forces, calling them a significant military and intelligence achievement. He said the operations were a message that attempts to evade Yemenis’ legitimate demands through military escalation would face a direct response.
He also endorsed the Yemeni Armed Forces’ decision to impose a maritime ban on Saudi enemy shipping under the blockade-for-blockade equation, considering it a national choice that reflects popular will.
The governor further called on Yemenis in the north and south to unite against Saudi Arabia, affirming that Riyadh is targeting Yemenis across the country. He linked recent violence in the southern provinces to the Saudi-Emirati rivalry and said Yemen should not become a battlefield for competing external powers.
Salah pointed out that Saudi Arabia is implementing a broader American-Zionist plan aimed at consolidating control over Yemen’s southern provinces and weakening their human and strategic resources. He said Saudi recruitment efforts were intended to deplete Yemen’s principal source of strength: its manpower.
Earlier, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced Sunday that they had carried out a large-scale military operation targeting Saudi military concentrations, reinforcements, and weapons depots in the Al-Mokha area, saying the strikes scored accurate hits and resulted in the destruction of military equipment and the deaths and injuries of dozens of personnel, including Saudi nationals
The Armed Forces also urged Saudi-backed Yemeni fighters to leave military camps and return to their areas, warning them against becoming fuel for foreign-backed projects.
