Ansarullah leader: US aggression against Yemen will be met with escalation

The leader of the Ansarullah resistance movement has warned the United States that the aggression against Yemen will be met with escalation, and that the Yemeni Armed Forces will target the American aircraft carrier, and warships in the region. 

Abdul Malik al-Houthi made the remarks in a speech on Sunday, a day after the US carried out large-scale military strikes on the Yemeni capital Sana'a and multiple other provinces across the country, leaving dozens of people, including women and children, killed and injured.

“We will stand against American and Israeli oppression. The American aggression is a failure and will fail, by the will of Allah, and it will not achieve its goals,” al-Houthi said.

“The American aggression will not succeed in pressuring our people and our country to retreat from their stance or decision, as it is a fundamental position,” he added.

“The new aggression will contribute to further developing our military capabilities, and we will confront escalation with escalation,” he said.

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“Our armed forces have begun responding to the American aggression—this is our choice, our decision, and our direction, as long as the American aggression on our country continues,” he noted.

On Saturday night, American and British warplanes launched 47 airstrikes on several sites in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a as well as on areas in the northern province of Sa’ada, the central province of al-Bayda, and the southwestern province of Dhamar. 

At least 31 people, mostly women and children, were killed in the aerial and naval attacks ordered by US President Donald Trump.

The large-scale aerial attacks, which began on Saturday and continued into the early hours of Sunday, came after the Yemeni Armed Forces threatened to resume their retaliatory operations against the Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea over the Tel Aviv regime’s blockade on Gaza.

“The aircraft carrier and American warships will be targets for us, and the navigation ban will include the Americans as long as they persist in their aggression,” al-Houthi said.

“We will respond to escalation with escalation, and we will strike at the American enemy by targeting its aircraft carrier, warships, and imposing a blockade on its vessels,” he said.

“If the American aggression on our country continues, we will escalate further with additional measures,” he stated.

“Our dear people will move broadly and comprehensively to confront American tyranny, resisting the aggression against our country and the starvation of the Palestinian people,” al-Houthi said.

“We are not in an aimless position, creating problems for ourselves; we are in a faithful, moral, humanitarian, and jihadist position for the sake of Allah Almighty,” he said.

He said supporting Palestine is an honorable stance that his people will never abandon, despite US attempts to pressure them into doing so.

The Ansarullah leader expressed pride in Yemen’s solidarity with Palestine, calling it a cause they will never regret.

He also criticized Arab countries over their lack of serious action against the starvation of Palestinians inflicted by the Israeli regime’s blockade on the Gaza Strip.

“The Americans and Israelis want their hands to be completely free to commit aggression, crimes, occupation, and whatever they wish—without any reaction from our Ummah,” he said.

“Remaining silent will not work against this equation of unchecked aggression, nor will approaches that fail to take a stance against American and Israeli aggression,” he stated.

“The American goal is to subjugate the entire region to the Israeli enemy and enforce the rule of unchecked aggression, and neither of these can ever be accepted,” he said.

Al-Houthi described action against the Israeli regime as an ethical responsibility on the shoulders of Muslim and non-Muslim nations.

He added that lack of action encourages the enemies to take greater steps in their aggression against the region.

“Silence and surrendering entire nations and countries is a suicidal option for the Ummah—it invites Allah’s wrath and empowers the enemies,” he stated.

Yemen attacks USS Harry Truman in Red Sea in retaliation for deadly strikes

Brigadier General Yahya Saree says Yemeni armed forces have targeted US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying vessels in the Red Sea in response to Washington’s deadly airstrikes against the Arab nation.

Earlier in the day, Yemen’s Supreme Political Council condemned the deadly US aggression against the country in support of Israel, pledging that the nation will punish the criminal regime in a “painful” manner.

The council also noted that the airstrikes on Yemen mark a return to the militarization of the Red Sea, posing a real threat to international navigation in the region.

For more than a year, the Yemeni Armed Forces, led by Ansarullah, launched attacks against the Israeli regime and Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea, in support of their ally, Hamas, in Gaza.

Ansarullah temporarily suspended their campaign in January after a ceasefire was reached in Gaza. However, following Israel’s recent blockade on aid to the Palestinian territory, the group announced it would resume the attacks.

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