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Shafaq
News- Sanaa
Yemen’s
Houthi (Ansarallah) movement on Monday imposed a ban on maritime navigation
involving Saudi Arabia, warning that any military escalation by Riyadh would
trigger a “comprehensive and severe” response.
Military
spokesperson Yahya Saree presented the group’s “blockade for
blockade” strategy, linking the move to Saudi Arabia’s continued
“unjust and oppressive siege” on Yemenis for nearly 12 years,
“plundering our resources and imposing a comprehensive blockade on our
ports and airports by land, sea, and air.”
بيان القوات المسلحة اليمنية بشأن إعلان الموقف من الحصار السعودي الظالم على شعبنا اليمني العظيم. pic.twitter.com/aIikHk6byf
— العميد يحيى سريع (@Yahya_Saree) July 20, 2026
Urging
Yemenis to continue their nationwide mobilization, he called on the public to
prepare for “all scenarios and developments” and reinforce frontline
positions by joining the fighting.
Earlier
this month, the group fired missiles at Saudi Arabia, accusing the kingdom of
bombing Sana’a International Airport and violating a four-year truce in the
conflict between Riyadh and the Iran-aligned Ansarallah.