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Asharq Al-Awsat
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Yemen Urges Global Action Against Houthis, Protection of Economic Sites
Yemen's leadership has renewed calls for the international community to adopt a firmer stance against the growing threat posed by the Iran-aligned Houthi group, warning that any revival of the country's political process depends on eliminating that threat and restoring economic and living conditions. The call came during separate meetings held by Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) member Aidarous al-Zubaidi and Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsin Zindani with US Chargé d'Affaires Jonathan Peccia and French Ambassador Catherine Corm-Kammoun. The talks covered the political, economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen, as well as the Houthis' escalating military activity across multiple fronts. According to state media, Zubaidi told the French envoy that comprehensive peace cannot be achieved while the Houthis - designated by several countries as a terrorist organization - remain active. 'No lasting peace is possible while an internationally-designated terrorist militia that rejects peace continues to threaten Yemen's stability, regional security and international shipping,' Zubaidi was quoted as saying. He also condemned the Houthis' recent attacks on oil export facilities in the provinces of Hadramout and Shabwa, saying the strikes had crippled the economy and worsened the country's humanitarian crisis. Zubaidi has called on the international community to step up support for the country's leadership and government, particularly in vital economic sectors such as oil and gas. He urged protection of strategic infrastructure from Houthi attacks to allow the resumption of exports and help stabilize the economy. Speaking during a meeting with Corm-Kammoun, Zubaidi stressed the need to shield vital installations from strikes by the Houthis, whose repeated attacks have paralyzed the energy sector and deepened Yemen's humanitarian crisis. According to Yemen's state media, the French envoy reaffirmed Paris's support for efforts to achieve peace and expressed her country's commitment to funding development and humanitarian projects in partnership with the Yemeni government and international agencies. She said alleviating the suffering in Yemen would require a coordinated global response. In a separate meeting with Peccia, Zubaidi discussed the latest developments in Yemen and efforts to bolster state institutions and ease the burden on civilians in government-held areas. The talks also focused on the Houthis' continued military escalation and troop mobilization across multiple fronts, as well as their growing record of human rights abuses, including killings, arbitrary detentions and torture of civilians. Zubaidi said the government's success in managing liberated areas and restoring public services and security is a critical step toward reclaiming state authority - one that deserves robust international support. 'The government's ability to normalize conditions in freed territories marks meaningful progress on the path to restoring the state and must be backed by the international community,' Zubaidi was quoted as saying by state news agency Saba. Peccia, in remarks carried by the same agency, reaffirmed Washington's support for Yemen's leadership and government. He said the US is closely monitoring the situation and working with regional and international partners to advance the political process and end the humanitarian crisis triggered by the Houthi-led conflict. Meanwhile, Zindani welcomed the recent US sanctions on individuals and entities linked to Houthi financing during his own meeting with Peccia. He described the move as a concrete step toward curbing the group's access to funds and limiting what he called "Houthi terrorism."
Saba Yemen
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Governor of Shabwa: Yemeni Unity is Guarantee for Building Strong, Free & Independent Yemen
Sana'a – SABA: Governor of Shabwa Awad Al-Awlaki affirmed that Yemeni unity represents the most important and greatest historical achievement accomplished for the Yemeni people. Governor Al-Awlaki explained to the Yemeni News Agency (SABA) that the 35th National Day of the Republic of Yemen "22 May" is an occasion carrying profound meanings and great significance in the consciousness of the Yemeni people, as it represents the practical culmination of the efforts of the strugglers and the realization of the most important goals of the Yemeni September and October revolutions. He pointed out that the challenges and dangers facing Yemen and its people confirm to everyone that Yemeni unity is the only way to confront all challenges and overcome them, and to build a strong Yemeni state at all levels. He noted that Yemenis today are more committed than ever to their unity, as it represents a true embodiment of pride and dignity, adding "A great, strong, free and independent Yemen with its sovereign decision, emerging from the cloak of guardianship and dependency, is the homeland aspired to by all the Yemeni people and the refuge that provides all Yemenis with pride and dignified living". The Governor of Shabwa referred to the repression suffered by the people of the southern and eastern governorates, accompanied by plundering of wealth, tampering with capabilities, starvation, lack of the most basic services, and a significant deterioration in living conditions, which exposes the lies and malicious goals of the occupying states. He affirmed that unity, with its meanings of freedom, sovereignty and independence, is the guarantee for building a free, strong and independent Yemen capable of facing all challenges, pointing to the failure of conspiracies that attempt to force Yemenis to abandon their unity. He added "The leader Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi is the one with the comprehensive national project for all the people of Yemen, through the visions he has presented that have crystallized on the ground in record time, and have been witnessed by near and far despite the aggression with its multiple nationalities and the conspiracies from various sources, and he is the one who bears on his shoulders the project of building a strong, free and independent Yemen". Al-Awlaki touched on Yemen's honorable position in support of Gaza and all of Palestine, and the victory for the just causes of the nation at this pivotal stage, despite the aggression and siege Yemen is subjected to, considering the military development achieved by Yemen as the beginning of the nation's advancement at all levels Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (Local)
