The Supreme Leader of the Revolution concludes the Washington-Riyadh maneuvers: Dismantling the siege and uprooting the occupation are inevitable goals shaped by cross-border military deterrence options.
The recent speech by the leader of the revolution, Sayyid Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, comes at a highly sensitive geopolitical juncture, ending an era of fruitless diplomatic maneuvering and drawing firm red lines for the forces of global arrogance led by Washington and Riyadh. The speech was not merely a political display of the situation, but rather carried decisive military and strategic dimensions, shifting the Yemeni position from a defensive posture to an offensive one aimed at imposing new realities and reclaiming sovereign rights. This shift reflects Sana’a’s astute understanding that the American-Saudi procrastination in implementing the requirements of peace and addressing the humanitarian crisis is nothing more than a maneuver to rearrange the cards, something the revolutionary leadership will no longer accept in light of its growing deterrent capabilities on the ground.
The analytical structure of the discourse dismantles Washington and Riyadh’s attempts to separate the demands of Yemen’s internal affairs from regional issues. The leader has reformulated the equation of “full sovereignty” by directly linking it to ending the comprehensive blockade and the withdrawal of foreign forces from all occupied governorates and islands. Emphasizing the Yemeni people’s determination to achieve liberation by all legitimate means has thwarted all attempts to impose a state of “neither war nor peace,” which the aggression coalition seeks to perpetuate in order to cripple the Yemeni economy. This stance leaves the aggression coalition and its tools—the traitors and mercenaries in the “hotel government”—with only two options: either to submit to the rights of the Yemeni people or to face rounds of military escalation that will transcend traditional borders and strike at the heart of their vital and strategic interests.
Sanaa’s “No’s”: The inevitability of confrontation to break the siege and occupation
Mr. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi decisively puts an end to the maneuvers of the US-backed Saudi regime, declaring unequivocally: “We, as the Yemeni people, affirm that we will not accept the continuation of the US-Saudi aggression, occupation, and blockade against our country. We will act within the framework of our just position, our righteous cause, and our clear grievance to liberate ourselves from this by all legitimate means until our dear people enjoy complete freedom and full independence, live in dignity, and regain their national wealth and all their legitimate rights.” This direct warning stems from a reality on the ground that rejects the political stagnation Riyadh is attempting to impose by delaying a resolution to the humanitarian crisis, withholding salaries from Yemeni oil and gas revenues, and failing to lift the comprehensive blockade on Sana’a International Airport and the ports of Hodeidah.
On the ground, the Yemeni Armed Forces are translating this firm stance into a proven and effective economic and military deterrent. Since the warnings issued to the ports of Al-Dhaba in Hadramawt and Qana in Shabwa in October and November 2022, Sana’a has imposed a comprehensive military embargo on the export of stolen Yemeni crude oil, effectively preventing mercenaries and the coalition from plundering the nation’s sovereign wealth while citizens suffer from unpaid salaries. This current situation lays the groundwork for a phase that transcends these principles, with the direct threat of targeting vital and economic infrastructure deep within the aggressor states if the economic blockade and American conspiracies against banks and financial institutions in Sana’a persist.
This stance is complemented by the rejection of any military arrangement allowing foreign forces to remain in the occupied islands and provinces. Sana’a insists on the complete withdrawal of American, British, Saudi, and Emirati forces as a non-negotiable condition for any settlement. The plans monitored by Sana’a’s intelligence services regarding the construction of foreign military bases on the islands of Socotra and Mayyun, or the military presence in the oil fields of Hadramawt, are now met with a decisive leadership decision that considers these forces legitimate and direct targets for future military operations aimed at achieving complete independence by force.
The inner fortress: Pillars of public mobilization and popular cohesion against infiltration
The call by the leader of the revolution to the Yemeni people to “close ranks, maintain the home front and its cohesion, uphold the spirit of general mobilization, cooperate in righteousness and piety, and continue actively and diligently with social initiatives, giving utmost attention to military training and general