Ansarullah official: Saudi efforts to internationalize war against Yemen have failed
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (YPA) – The UN Security Council convened an emergency meeting to discuss development on Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea, as the international response was limited to calls to protect freedom of navigation, de-escalate tensions, and support the political process in Yemen.
“The situation in and around the Bab al-Mandab Strait has become increasingly volatile in recent days,” said Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations.
Meanwhile, Ansarullah Political Bureau member Mohammed Al-Farah said Saudi Arabia’s attempts to internationalize the war in Yemen and turn it into an international issue had failed.
In an article titled “Saudi Arabia knocks on the world’s door twice, but finds no one to fight on its behalf,” Al-Farah said Riyadh was seeking to internationalize its war against Yemen and portray its conflict with Sanaa as a global issue.
He argued that international capitals had rejected what he described as attempts to shift the consequences of Saudi policies onto the international community and secure international backing for a war against Yemen.
Al-Farah said Riyadh had invoked issues including the Bab al-Mandab Strait, maritime navigation and energy security in an effort to portray its conflict with Yemen as an international security issue.
However, he said the Security Council’s emergency sessions had failed to provide Saudi Arabia with the support it was seeking, arguing that the international focus remained on the risks of escalation, containing the conflict and reviving the political process.
He said this had left Saudi Arabia facing what he described as an inability to resolve the conflict militarily, internationalize it or persuade other countries to fight on its behalf.
Al-Farah added that the international community was focused on several major crises, including developments involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, as well as energy security, the global economy, maritime security and the Russia-Ukraine war.
He said attempts to shift the conflict from the battlefield to the Security Council had instead prompted renewed international calls for a political solution to the Yemen conflict.
Al-Farah concluded that Saudi Arabia’s efforts to raise the issue at international forums had raised questions about its expectation that other countries would fight on its behalf. He said Yemen could no longer be separated from the wider regional situation and that Sanaa could not be bypassed through statements or resolutions.
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