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Saudi Arabia and the coalition it leads launched a full-scale assault on the Yemeni people in October 2014, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman claimed that the Saudi Army would take control of Yemen within days. Today, Yemenis are living on the verge of complete starvation and being strangled by a Saudi-led embargo. With their devastating rampage in Yemen, the Saudis hoped they could bring the Yemenis to their knees and compel them to renounce their support for their Palestinian brothers and their just cause. However, the country’s impoverished nation and their resolute resistance have managed to halt the Saudi assault with remarkable bravery by staging strikes on Saudi military facilities.
Now, as the position of Saudi-backed terrorists in the flashpoint city of Marib becomes increasingly precarious, the Saudi government is turning to Yemen’s main ally, Iran, for assistance in finding an honourable way out of the Yemeni quagmire. The seizure of Marib by Yemeni military forces and allied Popular Committees (Houthis), according to observers, may represent a turning point in the conflict in Yemen. To find a quick settlement to the current crisis, Saudi Arabia has recognised that it has no choice except to negotiate with Yemen’s Ansarallah Houthi Movement. In light of its repeated military defeats, failure to accomplish any political objectives, and the United States’ reluctance to offer military assistance, Riyadh has concluded that it must acknowledge the legitimate Yemeni government in Sanaa and accept the Houthis as a force to be reckoned with.
Riyadh, meanwhile, is said to be working on a peace proposal. According to Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel Al-Jubeir, Riyadh and Washington are currently in intensive talks to extricate Saudi Arabia from the Yemen crisis. “The foundation for any peace plan in Yemen is to immediately halt the invasion and lift the blockade,” the Yemeni National Salvation Government’s Prime Minister remarked in a statement, rejecting Saudi and American claims about their so-called peace efforts.
Furthermore, Abdul Aziz Saleh bin Habtoor, prime minister of Yemen’s National Salvation Government in Sanaa, spoke out against Saudi Arabia and its supporters’ deceptive propaganda about the Yemen war. The Saudi coalition’s airstrikes on Yemen have not only continued but have escalated the number of casualties and destruction inflicted by Yemeni civilians in recent days. As Yemenis’ buying power has decreased due to the depreciation of the Yemeni Rial against the US Dollar, which rose from 250 Rials in 2015 to 1,200 Rials today, Riyadh is maintaining an economic blockade and deploying Sudanese mercenaries into Yemen. Meanwhile, in the provinces of Aden, Hadramaut, and Taiz, all of which are controlled by the Saudi-backed resigned Yemeni government or Emirati-backed southern separatist forces, violent protests have erupted in recent days, protesting the deterioration of services and a sharp rise in food prices caused by the Yemeni Rial’s unprecedented devaluation.
In any event, as long as the Saudi-led coalition pursues aggression, deadly attacks, and economic sanctions on the Yemeni people, Yemeni forces will retaliate in whatever means they can, and Riyadh would be better off presenting genuine peace offers rather than claiming peace.
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