Yemen warns US against joining Saudi aggression, draws red line at Bab al-Mandeb

Yemeni military adviser has warned that Sana’a will target US interests across West Asia if Washington provides military support to Saudi Arabia in its war against Yemen.

“If America dares to intervene militarily with its fleets or tries to take control of Bab al-Mandeb, it is a red line for them and anyone else… we will fight over it,” Yemeni military adviser Abed Mohammed al-Thawr told AFP on Tuesday.

“If America gambles on supporting Saudi Arabia with airstrikes or air support… We will consider any American interests around us to be targets and we will not exclude anything,” Thawr said, adding that Yemen would “close Bab al-Mandeb completely to American ships.”

The remarks come as Yemeni armed forces continue to consolidate their positions along the western coast and strengthen their control over the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.

Saudi Arabia has reportedly called for US and international military support against Yemen amid the kingdom’s crippling blockade and devastating strikes.

Thawr also vowed that Yemen’s retaliatory attacks against Saudi Arabia would continue with “an iron fist” until Riyadh ends its aggression against the country.

“As long as Saudi Arabia insists on and continues killing and striking our people, we will strike with an iron fist,” Thawr said.

“We possess sufficient capability to discipline Saudi Arabia, punish it, and force it out of the game in the fields of oil and the economy,” he added.

Yemen warns Arab, Muslim states against joining renewed Saudi war

Yemen warns Arab, Muslim states against joining renewed Saudi war

Sana’a has condemned Saudi Arabia’s latest crimes against Yemen, urging Arab and Muslim countries not to become involved in Riyadh’s schemes against the Yemeni people.

Praising Sana’a’s ties with Tehran, the adviser described the two countries as “one alliance and one body.”

“Iran is a friendly, allied, and brotherly country to us, but it does not direct us. We are independent in our decisions and in our sovereignty,” he said.

Yemen’s current maritime blockade has been a direct response to the devastating, years-long siege imposed on the country by the Saudi-led coalition.

For nearly a decade, the coalition has enforced a crippling land, sea, and air blockade, which the United Nations has repeatedly described as a primary driver of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

This siege has deliberately targeted Yemen’s ability to import food, fuel, and medicine, while simultaneously attempting to plunder the nation’s oil and gas resources.

Drawing on its asymmetric naval capabilities, including drones and missiles, Yemen has increasingly used maritime pressure as a means of imposing economic and military costs on Saudi Arabia.

Sana’a says the strategy will continue until the blockade is lifted, the war ends and Yemen’s sovereignty is fully restored.