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Mohammad Ali al-Houthi, member of Ansarallah's Supreme Political Council, criticized Saudi Arabia's claims of seeking regional de-escalation through its defense minister's visit to Tehran, arguing that Riyadh's diplomatic rhetoric contradicts its continued war, blockade, and occupation of Yemen. —— In a statement responding to the Saudi Foreign Ministry, al-Houthi outlined the following positions: • Riyadh cannot claim to promote regional peace and security while continuing its military attacks, blockade, and occupation of Yemen. Houthi said Saudi Arabia's actions directly contradict its stated commitment to de-escalation. • Saudi Arabia must halt its aggression, lift the blockade, withdraw from occupied Yemeni territory, and compensate Yemen for destruction caused since 2015. He stressed that if Saudi attacks cease, Yemeni operations will also stop and normal life can resume. • Houthi criticized the so-called 'Mecca Defense Pact', arguing that it seeks to address what its members call the Iranian crisis while concealing what he described as outright aggression against Iran. He warned that Saudi Arabia's previous alliances had failed and that Riyadh had even turned against former partners. • He condemned Egypt and its parliament for supporting the defense of Saudi Arabia, arguing that such a position effectively amounts to declaring war on Yemen. He warned that Egypt risks repeating its military entanglement in Yemen during the 1960s, exhausting its forces and potentially leaving Sinai vulnerable to Israeli expansion and plans to displace Palestinians into Egyptian territory. • Houthi stressed that Yemen does not fear new military alliances but warned these countries against supporting Saudi attacks, the blockade, or the occupation of Yemen. He urged them instead to direct their cooperation against Israel, which he said is waging war across Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran while also threatening Egypt. • He rejected claims that Yemen poses a threat to regional waterways, maintaining that Yemen's position contributes to protecting Bab al-Mandab, the Suez Canal, and the wider Arab and Islamic region. • He reaffirmed that Yemen's political and military position has remained unchanged since 2015, arguing that US, British, and Israeli intelligence agencies manufacture fears of unspecified threats to perpetuate divisions and conflict within the Arab and Islamic world.

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: The UAE, a close US and Israeli ally, is quietly helping Ansarallah (Houthis) fight Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, four sources have told Drop Site. This comes after Riyadh forced the UAE out of Yemen last December following clashes between their rival Yemeni allies in the south. Key findings: ➤ UAE-aligned Yemeni forces have given Ansarallah targeting help while Abu Dhabi looked the other way. Two sources said the UAE has also shared intelligence directly. ➤ The assistance is limited to targets inside Yemen, not Saudi Arabia, according to some sources. One source said a senior US official warned the UAE to stop, but sources indicated the assistance was ongoing. ➤ Commanders in the Giants Brigades, a predominantly Salafi militia from the south, have repeatedly abandoned positions without a fight, while UAE-backed southern separatist commanders have refrained from fighting Ansarallah on key fronts, a Yemeni source said. Senior Ansarallah official Mohammed al-Bukhaiti denied the assistance, citing UAE “neutrality,” but said Riyadh could avoid “the possibility of a future Yemeni-Emirati alliance against it” by ending the war and lifting the blockade. The STC separatists denied contact with Ansarallah or unwillingness to fight it in the south. The UAE ambassador to Washington did not respond to requests for comment. 🔗 Read the full report from Ryan Grim and Iona Craig below. ⬇️