Yemen’s Ansarullah: Pause In Saudi Raids on Al-Hudaydah to Buy Time

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Yemen’s Ansarullah revolutionaries’ spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam said a pause in Saudi airstrikes against Yemeni port city of al-Hudaydah is not a submission to international pressure but a bid to buy time and reinforce the military strength for a fresh offensive.

“In every round of aggression against Yemen, the escalation begins and then dies down, mostly without declaring a truce,” Abdulsalam wrote in a tweet on Thursday night.

“Given the recent developments in the battle on the ground, the aggressive coalition is trying to pretend that it has halted its attacks [on al-Hudaydah] in response to global pressure or to allow the dispatch of humanitarian aid, but that’s a big lie,” he added.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed about 10,000 new troops to Yemen's west coast after repeated campaigns to seize al-Hudaydah were thwarted by Ansarullah and their allies in the Yemeni army. 

The invaders have hit a stiff wall of resistance put up by the city's protectors who have pushed back the militants and mercenaries. 

The truth, Abdulsalam said, "is that the coalition is preparing for a new round of aggression, which needs additional time.” 

“We have not yet seen any serious effort by the aggressors to find a real political solution or a real ceasefire, and these are just media propaganda and agreements between the states of aggression or the so-called quartet – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Britain and America,” he said in another tweet.

Abdulsalam said the quartet is the very countries that, by their own admission, have directly waged the war against Yemen, especially its western coast which includes the port city of al-Hudaydah.

"Although the position of our people, the Army and popular committees is an essentially defensive one to confront an unjustified aggression they have begun, we welcome any credible cessation of aggression, if they remain committed, away from political gains," he noted.

Abdulsalam also called for a comprehensive, fair and equitable political solution that does not exclude anyone or target any component that preserves the sovereignty and identity of Yemen.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE on Wednesday paused their offensive aimed at taking the strategic port city of al-Hudaydah from the Ansarullah fighters.

Sources said that Saudi-backed mercenaries had been "ordered" to halt the offensive until further notice. They said they would resume operations if they came under attack.

The cessation of attacks came a day after Mark Lowcock, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, urged a ceasefire around al-Hudaydah.

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