Al-Obali: The escalation of the Houthi militia is an Iranian tactic and no international pressure will stop it
English - Tuesday 27 April 2021 الساعة 03:51 pm
Aden, NewsYemen
Military expert and activist Waddah Al-Oubali called on the Yemeni government, which is internationally recognized, to invest the Stockholm Agreement paper as one of the most important options to stop the advance of the Houthi militias on Marib, by threatening to suspend or exit from the agreement completely.
Al-Obali ruled out, in a statement to Al-Ain Al-Akhbar, the success of any international pressure to force the Houthi coup to accept peace calls and stop the attack on the city of Marib, because "the militias are not associated with the world in anything but chaos and harm resulting from their arrogance."
He said, "The diplomatic pressures or the pressures of stances and statements may affect a component or party with a political background, while the Houthi militia came from caves and there is nothing in its program except war and war, and to the fullest extent."
He added, "The militias consider the international concern about what is happening in Marib and Yemen in general as a positive thing in their favor and are working to exploit these positions to mobilize and encourage Yemenis to fight in their ranks.
The military expert referred to the militias' use of negotiation as a tactic to promote themselves to the international community and break the international isolation imposed on them, explaining that the talks that took place in Geneva, Biel, Kuwait, Stockholm and Amman are a good witness.
He pointed out that after each of these rounds, the militias set out for a military tour on one of the fronts, and as soon as they completed an attack, they began another attack.
The Yemeni army officer considered that the military escalation remained the master of the situation in Marib, an Iranian tactic to pressure the international community, especially the Biden administration and his allies in the region, to accept a return to the nuclear agreement in its first form.
Also, the recent escalation of the Houthis towards Marib - according to Al-Oubali - began in conjunction with the installation of the new American administration, which Tehran believes will not accept Washington's involvement in any military intervention, specifically in the Middle East, and this is what Iran is investing and exploiting through its tools in Yemen and the region, according to the expert Yemeni.
He added, "The Houthis do not deny their attack to invade Marib, and consider their battle against it fateful and their plan to be a supply station with funds from oil and gas revenues to enable the group to consolidate its rule in its areas of control and finance its future wars on more than one front."
