Alwaght- The Saudi regime is seeking to escalate its brutal aggression against Yemeni nation as the country faces the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
In a televised speech on Saturday, Leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement Abdul Malik Badreddin al-Houthi has warned that the Saudi regime and its allies are seeking to escalate their deadly campaign against Yemen to compensate for the losses they have suffered in other regional conflicts.
Abdul Malik urged the Yemeni people to be prepared for an all-out aggression by Saudi Arabia and allies, saying the kingdom is seeking a way out of the crisis of legitimacy it has been facing following defeats in wars against the nations of Iraq and Syria.
Abdul Malik Al-Houthi Leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement
Saudi Arabia was a major supporter of militant groups that have been operating against the governments of Iraq and Syria for the past several years. Those groups are now considered eradicated with Syria’s recent declaration of final victory against ISIS terrorists in the country.
The Saudi-led military coalition has been continuously pounding Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to crush the popular Ansarullah movement and reinstate the former fugitive president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of the regime in Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia turning into anti-Islam hub
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Ansarullah leader hinted at recent Saudi efforts to normalize ties with the Israeli regime, saying Riyadh had become part of a club of regional and Western powers that seek to undermine Islam and destabilize the Muslim world.
Abdul Malik, who was speaking on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), said Saudi Arabia’s negligence to allow a Zionist figure to enter the shrine of the Prophet was an affront to the Prophet and to Islam in general.
Israeli blogger posts selfies from Prophet's Mosque in Medina
The Ansarullah leader was referring to an Israeli blogger who released images of his presence in the shrine in the city of Medina earlier in the week. The incident sparked huge outrage across the Muslim world and many called it an instance of Saudi double standards, as the blogger, who has a history of journalism for the Times of Israel, had been invited by the Saudi authorities to attend a conference in the country.
Saudi regime killing Yemeni children
According to the latest figures, the war has so far killed over 13,000 Yemenis, mostly civilians including women and children and wounded thousands more. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on the country's facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.
According to Save the Children aid organization, at least 130 children die every day in Yemen from extreme hunger and disease–one child every 18 minutes as a US-backed Saudi aggression on the impoverished state continues.
People recover the bodies of two children from under the rubble of a house destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in Sanaa, Yemen August 25, 2017
The organization notes that almost 400,000 children will need treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Yemen this year, but aid organizations are struggling to reach them all amid chronic funding shortfalls, the largest cholera outbreak in modern history, and obstructions to supplies of food and aid.
Yemen faces world's worst famine
The World Food Program says of a population of 26 million, some 17 million Yemenis do not know where their next meal is coming from and seven million are totally dependent on food aid. The situation in Yemen is going from bad to worse with senior UN officials warning that the country is facing the world's largest famine in decades.
The Saudi-led aggression on Yemen has also led to Yemen a cholera outbreak which is spiraling out of control.
The outbreak which started in April is actually the fastest growing cholera epidemic ever recorded and in mid-July, the number of cases stood at just over 350,000. By November 5th, that had increased drastically to 908,400 with 90 percent of districts across 22 provinces affected. According to aid officials over half of suspected cases are children. Despite these horrifying statistics, the US and Israeli backed Saudi regime is planning to escalate its brutal aggression on Yemen.
