Ansarullah slams UAE-Saudi war between 'once-allied occupiers’ in Yemen

A senior official from Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement says armed clashes between forces loyal to the Saudi-backed fugitive government and the UAE-allied Southern Transitional Council (STC) militants in the oil-rich Hadramout governorate is a crisis between two occupiers.

Nasruddin Amer, deputy director of the media bureau of the movement, made the remarks in a video message posted on the social media platform X on Thursday.

“We are astounded by the comments of those who assert that the Sana’a-based government does not have a clear stance à propos developments in Hadramout. Our position is fairly transparent,” Amer said.

He added, “Sana’a has declared ever since the fighting broke out in Hadramout and its neighboring regions, such as Aden, al-Mahra, and Socotra, that the incidents are the upshot of [Saudi-led] occupation.”

The senior Ansarullah official further noted that these regions have been occupied by Saudi-backed and UAE-allied militant groups since 2015, and the Sana’a-based government has been pushing for their liberation and return to the Yemeni sovereignty.

Amer described the latest fighting between the STC and the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) as a conflict between two occupiers through their proxies.

“Sana’a views the unfolding incidents as the upshot of occupation, which has to come to an end. This is a natural demand. It is unreasonable that some parties believe that Sana’a should side with one occupier to confront the other,” he said.

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He highlighted that certain factions have urged Ansarullah to side with forces affiliated with the United Arab Emirates in order to tackle Saudi-backed militants, and vice versa. “This is an outrageous and unrealistic request.”

“Some of the parties which are calling for the intervention of Sana’a have not yet condemned the occupation; but have rather endorsed it. They have never called for the expulsion of occupiers from the Yemeni soil,” Amer said.

“We stand with all strata of the Yemeni society, and see no justification for ongoing conflicts. We consider these crises to be detrimental to all Yemeni citizens as well as national economy and security. They create chaos across the nation,” he clarified.

The UAE has played a significant role as a key partner in the US-backed, Saudi-led war against Yemen and the Ansarallah-led government in Sana’a, which started in 2015. However, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have simultaneously been locked in a competition for dominance over Yemen's resources and strategic ports.

Critics maintain that both nations are working to partition Yemen to serve their own interests. Analysts argue that the apparent advocacy for local autonomy masks an underlying struggle for dominance, with Hadramout emerging as a key battleground in this rivalry.

Yemen has endured external interference for decades. Ansarullah holds significant control over the northwest region, including the capital Sana’a.

The resistance movement has drawn international attention for its actions targeting Israel and maritime activities in the Red Sea, particularly in the context of Israel's genocidal war in Gaza.

The United States and Israel have carried out lethal strikes in Sana’a, leading to civilian casualties.

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