Yemen's Ansarullah leader: Enemies’ aspirations turning to mirages
The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah popular resistance movement says the enemies have failed in their attempt to occupy the country.
"The enemies' aspirations to occupy our country and control our people are turning to mirages and disappointments…,” Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said during a speech on Thursday, Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network reported.
"The enemy today is in real trouble, as our people stand by their army, loyal and determined to prevent the enemy from occupying our country," he added.
Saudi Arabia launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 in collaboration with its Arab allies and with arms, logistical, and political support from the United States and other Western states.
The objective was to reinstall the Riyadh-friendly regime of former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, and crush Ansarullah, which has been running state affairs in the absence of a functional government.
While the Saudi-led coalition has failed to meet any of its objectives, the war has killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis and spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
A United Nations-brokered truce came into force in April between the coalition and Ansarullah. The truce has been extended twice ever since.
On Thursday, the Yemeni official also called on the Saudi-led coalition to "seize the opportunity of the armistice and completely halt its aggression,” as well as a simultaneous siege it has been deploying against the country.
"We call on the coalition of aggression to take the opportunity to completely halt its aggression and end the blockade and occupation. We call on the coalition of aggression to learn from the lessons that have proven its goals of occupying our country and controlling its people as impossible."
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