Sanaa official warns Saudi-led coalition of exploitation of local fighters
SANAA, Sept. 04 (YPA) – Deputy Interior Minister in the Sanaa-based government Maj. Gen. Abdul Majeed Al-Murtada warned on Thursday of Saudi Arabia’s attempts to exploit fighters aligned with it in areas under its control and turn them into a spearhead against the choices of Sanaa forces.
In a statement, Al-Murtada said such moves seek to draw those misled into battles that serve neither their interests nor the future of their regions.
Al-Murtada added that the exploitation of fighters from Hodeida province is part of a plan aimed at exhausting the people of Tihama and prolonging the conflict, rather than directing their efforts toward protecting their land, security and communities.
He clarified Saudi Arabia is focused on protecting its own interests and security and is not concerned with defending those acting on its behalf, warning that those who place their bets on outside powers will be the first to pay the price of being abandoned when circumstances and military and political equations change.
Al-Murtada called on fighters serving with the opposing side to assess the course of events and take advantage of the amnesty decision to return to the national fold, stressing that the homeland has room for all its people and that returning would safeguard their dignity, security and future.
At the same time, he renewed his warning against continuing coalition-backed mobilization to confront fellow Yemenis, saying such a conflict seeks to prolong the blockade and deepen the suffering of the Yemeni people.
Regarding the military and economic fronts, Al-Murtada noted Sanaa forces are moving ahead with securing the Yemeni people’s rights from the Saudi enemy and confronting escalation with escalation, in accordance with what he described as the equation of blockade for blockade and comprehensive escalation for comprehensive escalation.
He stressed that the Yemeni people’s priorities are breaking the blockade, reclaiming national decision-making, recovering the country’s natural resources for its own benefit, and ending foreign tutelage and intervention.
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