Yemen condemns Arab silence over illegal Saudi blockade
Yemen has strongly condemned the silence of Arab countries and those who claim to champion human rights over the decade-long Saudi-led blockade imposed on the impoverished nation.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Yemen’s Foreign Ministry said remarks by certain countries overlooking the Saudi blockade had been “drafted in a uniform and coordinated manner by the American or Saudi side.”
The ministry questioned whether any country in the world, including Saudi Arabia’s own allies, would accept the measures Riyadh has imposed on Yemen.
“Would any country accept that its airports are closed by Saudi Arabia, its ports are blockaded, and that no goods can enter except with Saudi permission?” the statement asked.
The Foreign Ministry said countries backing the Saudi aggression had ignored the “inherent and legitimate rights” of Yemenis while turning a blind eye to the suffering caused by the blockade and war.
“Yemen does not expect positive stances from others; for those who have betrayed Palestine cannot be expected to defend the oppressed people of Yemen,” the statement added, as some Arab countries have "normalized" their relations with Israel and remained silent on the Israeli atrocities against Palestinians.
Tensions escalated earlier this month after Saudi Arabia attempted to prevent the return of an Iranian aircraft carrying a delegation of Yemeni officials to Tehran for the funeral of Iran’s martyred Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei. The plane was diverted after the Sana’a airport was bombed and landed safely in the city of Hudaydah.
Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies imposed the blockade on Yemen as part of a full-scale military campaign launched on March 26, 2015, with military, political, and logistical backing from the United States and other Western countries.
The war has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Yemenis and has failed to achieve its stated objective of restoring Yemen’s former Riyadh-backed government to power.
The former government had fled the country, after which Ansarullah, Yemen’s popular resistance movement, assumed responsibility for administering state affairs.
Following a fragile United Nations-brokered ceasefire in 2022, the United States, Britain, and the Israeli regime carried out multiple rounds of large-scale attacks against Yemen.
The strikes were aimed at weakening Yemen's ability to carry out solidarity operations against Israeli targets in response to Tel Aviv’s ongoing war of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
On Monday, Yemen announced a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia, with the country’s military spokesman stating that the measure would take effect immediately.
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