News - Yemen: In its regular meeting on Sunday, the Cabinet listened to the report of the Minister of Defense Major General Mohammad Nasser Al-Atefi on the situation on the fronts in light of the continued violations of the Stockholm Agreement by the US-Saudi aggression and mercenaries, especially on the western coast.

The Minister of Defense affirmed that Sana'a adhered to the last agreed truce, and was keen to reduce the level of tension and non-escalation, despite the violations and the aggressors, occupiers and their mercenaries brought more weapons to the occupied provinces, regions and islands.
 
Al-Atefi pointed out that what they are doing in terms of preparations at all military levels confirms that their resort to the truce was to rearrange their situation to prepare to continue their blatant and wanton aggression against Yemen.

He stressed that the main goal pursued by the US-Saudi aggression is to prolong the war against the Yemeni people to ensure its continued plundering of the national wealth, and the use of Yemeni ports and islands under occupation, to serve its economic interests and political goals.
 
Major General Al-Atifi stressed that the Yemeni Armed Forces, with their various formations, are fully prepared to continue the battle against the aggressors, in a more painful and powerful way compared to previous years.
 
The report stated that the Armed Forces have the full ability to deal with and deter any act of aggression in its stronghold. It explained that Sana’a proposes a truce that meets the interests of the Yemeni people, present and in the future, while the aggressors want a truce against the Yemeni people and their right to a decent life.
  
For its part, the Cabinet saluted the prominent role of the military and security institutions in confronting the aggressors and their plans to destroy the homeland and strike its internal security over the past years, and its readiness to deal with any escalation of the aggressors decisively and deterrently.
 
It stressed that Sana'a, while it is keen to prepare all factors that serve any sincere approach to establishing a just and honorable peace, is at the same time fully prepared to confront any escalation by the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression.

A UN-brokered truce lasted for six months in the seven-year-old war waged by Saudi Arabia and its regional allies supported by US and western countries against Yemen.

The truce first came into effect on 2 April, and for an initial two months.  It was renewed for another two months in June. The truce has been renewed for an additional two months through 2 October.

The deal stipulated halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen's lifeline Hodeidah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana'a "to predetermined destinations in the region."

However, in light of UN silence, the Saudi-led aggression was still obstructing flights to the Sana'a International Airport in Yemen’s capital and detaining fuel ships that were headed to the country. The fires of the aggression side did not subside along the fronts, on the borders and inside, including shelling, reconnaissance, development and crawl.

When the period specified for the military and humanitarian truce was nearing its end, the US-Saudi aggression seemed to be in a hurry to adopt the option of extending it for the third time to freeze the battle in Yemen and its economic repercussions away from global energy markets.

The forces of aggression are pushing for an extension, not out of concern for peace, but rather out of fear that the escalation will add more complications to the international scene in addition to the crisis imposed by the Russian-Ukrainian war.

A truce, the positive effects of which have not been felt by the citizens over the past months, despite its broad headlines. Commercial flights to Cairo are still stumbling until today, and the navy of aggression continues to pursue fuel ships without respect for agreements or any regard for international laws and norms.

The truce, however, expired amid the Saudi-led coalition’s constant violations of the agreement and its refusal to properly lift a siege that it has been enforcing against Yemen since the beginning of the war.

The Supreme Political Council required, in order to extend the truce, the commitment of the Saudi-led aggression to pay the salaries of all employees and the rest of the services, as a natural entitlement that is not subject to extortion. Before that, the complete blockade of Sana’a airport and the port of Hodeidah must be lifted as a criterion for demonstrating the seriousness and goodwill in the faltering peace process in Yemen.

Although the US-Saudi aggression seeks to extend thetruce, it with UN complicity, is still evading the implementation of humanitarian and legal entitlements, foremost of which is the paying employee salaries and entering fuel ships to the port of Hodeidah, which made Sana’a refuse to extend the temporary truce.

The head of the National Delegation Mohammed Abdulsalam censured the aggressor coalition for failing to renew the truce deal and deteriorating the humanitarian crisis in the country as a result of its intransigence and disavowal of measures that alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.