By Özgür Altınbaş
After Yemen was hit by air strikes, Ali Al-Gahum, member of Ansarallah’s Political Bureau, provided an interview.
Yemen was hit by air strikes. US President Joe Biden made a written statement on the air strikes led by the US and Britain and supported by Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands.
Iran, Russia and Oman condemned the attacks.
In addition to these states, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah issued messages of solidarity with Yemen.
Tension is running high in the region and the steps to be taken in the near future are under scrutiny.
We asked Ali Al-Gahum, a member of Ansarallah’s Political Bureau, on Ansarullah’s stance in the face of air strikes.
To deter support for Palestine and Gaza
Ali Al-Gahum, a member of Ansarallah’s Political Bureau, said of the US and UK-led attacks: “Striking the ships in the Red Sea are desperate attempts to stop Yemen’s major military operations and to deter us from supporting Palestine and Gaza.” Al-Gahum also stated that the purpose of these attacks is to protect Israel, but “They have failed in this regard before and all conspiratorial moves have been thwarted.”
The targets are set
Al-Gahum said that the previous attacks in the Red Sea and the targeting of Yemeni naval forces opened the doors and strategic options of open war, blatant aggression and full-fledged aggression, and “Yemen’s reaction was present and strong, and this reaction was at the same level with the attacks in the Red Sea.”
“We heard our enemies lamenting in the corridors of the Security Council,” he said, referring to the US situation in the United Nations Security Council: “They openly declared that our recent operations are something that they have never experienced since the Second World War. The response to their new offensive will not be delayed as well. The options are wide open, the targets are set, and the plans are on the table.”
Liquidation of US-UK colonialism
Al-Gahum said that they are aware of the colonial and hostile plans of the US and the UK against Yemen and that they will follow a path appropriate to this: “By Allah’s leave, we will spare no effort to break the American-British arrogance and expel them from the Red Sea, Yemen and the region. And we, as a state and leadership that has decided to support Palestine and attack Israel, will not abandon Palestine and Yemen, whatever it takes. We will target and detain their ships in the Red Sea, and we will continue this war until the victory of Palestine and the destruction of Israel, by Allah’s leave.
The US and UK have launched a war that can only end with the victory of Yemen, Palestine and the region, the liquidation of colonialism and the independence of the nations of the region.”