Houthis’ Leader: S. Arabia Ready for Aggression against Yemen

Leader of Yemen’s Houthi Movement Seyed Abdelmalik al-Houthi in a statement condemned the Saudi monarchy for its interference in Yemen’s internal affairs, and said Riyadh has prepared itself to wage an aggression of Northern Yemen.

In a statement a copy of which was sent to FNA, Al-Houthi warned that Saudi Arabia has a plot to open a new front into Yemen’s Northern borders in a bid to attack the country’s Shiite population through its hirelings and mercenaries.

Al-Houthi underlined that the Saudi plot is aimed at an aggression of the “al-Hojjah” province, distancing the Yemeni people from their revolution and stirring sectarian strife in the country.

“We emphasize that these aggressive measures aim to set fire on the Hojjah province and distance the Yemeni nation from their revolution, specially because of their opposition to foreign and regional intervention in Yemen, including the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) initiative,” said the statement, adding, “Another goal pursued by this measure (the plot for aggression) is nurturing sectarian conflicts in Yemen.”

He said that Saudi Arabia’s attempts to spark a civil war in Yemen through using the political and economic conditions of the country is an immoral and irreligious act that contradicts the interests of both the Saudi and Yemeni nations.

Al-Houthi blamed Saudi Arabia for all calamities and backwardness of Yemen, saying, “We remind the Yemen nation that the Saudi regime’s financial backup for civil wars and its moves for sparking sectarian strife in recent decades are the main reason for all calamities of this nation and these measures have deterred Yemen from progress and prosperity the same way that it (Saudi Arabia) is confronting the Yemeni nation’s revolution in a bid to prevent them from achieving freedom and justice,” the statement said.

His remarks came after earlier reports from Yemen said that Saudi Arabia has been funding and training Somali refugees to fight the Shiite Houthi movement and spark sectarian strife in Yemen in a bid to immune the kingdom to the spread of Yemen’s revolution.

Informed sources said in April that nearly 1,300 terrorist from Somalia have arrived in Saudi Arabia through the country’s border with Yemen and are being trained and provided with logistical aid and weapons to return to Yemen to stop the spread of Islamic awakening to Saudi Arabia.

“These people can easily infiltrate Yemen’s coasts via sea routes by the possibilities that the US (Saudi Arabia’s staunch ally) provides for them in a bid to fuel sectarian and ethnic strife in the region as sought by the US intelligence apparatus,” the sources underscored.

“Saudi Arabia is also welcoming them and is training them in its special military training centers to use them against the Shiite Houthis in Northern Yemen,” the sources said.

Meantime, sources said that Saudi Arabia has recently evacuated five Yemeni villages and destroyed homes near the borders and will construct a wall in the joint border areas.

The Al-Houthi movement has opposed Saudi Arabia’s interfering measures in Yemen. The movement said that uprisings in the region have increased Riyadh’s concerns about the future of the Saudi regime.

Since Saudi Arabia shares long joint borders with Yemen, it has interfered in the country’s internal affairs and still continues meddling.

The revolution of the Yemeni people has worried Saudi Arabia because Riyadh is worried that the flames of the revolution may spread to Saudi Arabia too.