PNN – The fact that the Ansarullah leader, in his recent speech, while routinely criticizing Arab regimes for abandoning Gaza, explicitly called Saudi Arabia an accomplice in the occupiers’ aggression against Yemen has several meanings.
In his latest speech, Sayyed Abdul Malik al-Houthi, leader of the Yemeni Ansarullah movement, once again strongly criticized the Arab regimes for their silence in the face of the Zionist regime’s brutal crimes against civilians in the Gaza Strip and their complicity with this regime. He particularly spoke about Saudi Arabia’s cooperation with the occupying regime in its intelligence and military aggression against Yemen.
Ansarullah leader’s clear warning about Saudi collusion with Zionists against Yemen
In this speech, the Ansarullah leader directly addressed Saudi Arabia, emphasizing that the country is cooperating with the Zionist regime in plans to target Yemen. These remarks came after the occupying regime’s public threats to carry out widespread attacks on Sanaa amid a tense regional atmosphere and increasing Western calls to expand military alliances in the Red Sea.
The notable thing about Sayyid Abdul Malik al-Houthi’s new speech is that his words were different from the calm tone he has maintained towards Saudi Arabia since the ceasefire with the country in April 2022. He usually does not explicitly mention Saudi Arabia in his speeches after this date, except in cases where he believes that the country is upsetting sensitive balances or is cooperating with warring parties in carrying out aggressive actions against Yemen.
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According to informed sources, the leadership of the Ansar Allah movement has received a series of intelligence reports on the movements of the Zionist regime in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and evidence shows that some regional parties, especially Saudi Arabia, have cooperated with the Zionists in this regard and paved the way for them.
Western efforts to re-involve Saudi Arabia in the war with Yemen
Some believe that from the positions of the leader of the Ansar Allah movement and Hizm al-Assad, it can be seen that Saudi Arabia is likely to become involved again in the military process in Yemen, either on the Western axis through cooperation with the Zionist regime or under the pretext of ensuring the security of international navigation in the Red Sea. This is despite increasing media incitement from Western platforms that openly call for direct Saudi intervention in Yemen and say that Saudi Arabia must end the threat to Yemen.
The English website Middle East Eye also highlighted in an analytical report the direct impact of the Yemeni attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 projects, especially on the West Bank, and wrote: According to data from the Marine Traffic company, container ship traffic at King Abdullah Port has decreased by 70 percent in one year, which has dealt a major blow to one of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious projects aimed at attracting investment and transforming the Red Sea coast into an international economic hub.
Saudi Arabia’s Great Dilemma in the Face of Western and American Pressure on the Yemen Issue
But on the other hand, it seems that Saudi Arabia has so far been reluctant to directly enter any new conflict in Yemen, because it knows that any military escalation could undermine its political and economic efforts and overshadow Saudi development projects at home. However, security and military indicators show that Riyadh has been integrated into a regional military network run by the United States and including the Israeli regime, the Emirates, Bahrain, and some other Arab countries.
The network relies on early warning systems and immediate information exchange through an advanced system known as Link 16, operated from US bases in the Persian Gulf region, particularly Al-Udeid in Qatar. Despite the lack of Arab diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and the Israeli regime, this cooperation effectively constitutes undeclared security normalization under the pretext of confronting common threats.
Saudis concerned about the consequences of any potential tension with Yemen
But despite increasing regional and international pressure, it seems that Saudi Arabia does not intend to be drawn into a new war in Yemen and is refraining from entering the war with Yemen, relying on cautious public discourse and an approach based on resistance to efforts to drag it into a new military conflict. Riyadh is well aware that any escalation of tensions could threaten Saudi Arabia’s internal security and hinder the economic ambitions associated with Vision 2030, and therefore prefers diplomacy and the creation of regional alliances as a means of circumventing these pressures rather than engaging in costly military adventures.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is caught between its desire to maintain a policy of neutrality and balance and the increasing pressure from its Western allies, and its positions are fluctuating. At the heart of this equation is a fundamental question: to what extent can Riyadh maintain its cautious stance, especially as US pressure for direct Saudi involvement in the war in Yemen continues to mount.