The National Team For Foreign Outreach - Yemen

1. Led by US, Saudi Arabia and UAE, with the participation of a number of Arab and Western states, primarily UK, the war on Yemen enters its seventh year, claiming the lives of thousands of civilians, mostly children and women. The United Nations and impartial international organizations reported such war crimes that were carried out deliberately and systematically against civilians and civil infrastructure across cities and villages. Those grave crimes have become a disgrace to humanity and are unprecedented in the history of warfare, such as attacking school buses, condolence gathering halls, wedding halls, mosques, schools, homes, historical places, etc.; let alone the air, sea and land blockade imposed on the whole people of Yemen is in violation of all the rules and provisions of norms, laws, international conventions and relevant Security Council resolutions.
2. This takes place in parallel with direct and clear support provided for terrorist groups (whether Al-Qaeda or ISIS) in Yemen, which the Sana’a Government has managed to expel from all governorates under its control (where 80% of Yemen’s population live, i.e. 24 out of 30 million people).
3. Rather, the Aggression Coalition countries did not support the Sana’a Government efforts to combat the terrorist groups that have penetrated into the Arabian Felix for decades. Western intelligence reports confirmed that Yemen has become a haven for terrorists in the Arabian Peninsula, but those groups were completely defeated thanks to the sacrifices of honorable army heroes, Popular Committees and tribesmen.
4. In parallel with this, the Aggression Coalition countries provided direct support to the terrorist groups, during the clearance battle, including money, weapons and various types of ground and aerial weapons. This was clearly evident in Al-Jawf and Al-Baydha governorates, which used to be a haven for those groups before the clearance battle. Several impartial intelligence and media reports disclosed such information, the most recent of which is a report by the BBC showcasing documented footages of terrorist groups’ camps, with their flags flying in their positions as they were fighting side by side with mercenaries of the War Coalition countries while receiving weapons, money and close air support in a number of locations during the clearance battle. Same support was provided to their new locations in which they were stationed in Shabwah and Hadhramaut governorates east of Yemen, which remain controlled by the War Coalition countries. This is in spite of claims by the War Coalition countries that they are leading the fight against terrorism in the region while they are fighting brutally and rudely side by side with their mercenaries in one camp with those groups that have killed and tortured civilians and prisoners in various areas.
5. The actual participation of a number of countries in the killing of Yemenis has as recently been disclosed. The latest documented reports on the actual involvement of the British Secret Intelligence Service (M16) in the field operations is but one episode of conspiracy and involvement in the crimes against Yemen and its people.
6. All this took place, despite the growing voices of the international community to stop the unjust and criminal war on Yemen. There is absolutely no prospect of any victory for the War Coalition countries, despite the use of all the internationally prohibited types of weapons in the war against the Yemeni people.
7. The Sana’a Government has always made practical and just peace initiatives that preserve all parties’ claimed concerns. These initiatives are accompanied by a presidential declaration of a unilateral ceasefire with many concessions despite their military failure that accompanied this war, save the crimes and humanitarian violations. Nevertheless, all these initiatives were rejected and met with further military escalation or submission of proposals one might call capitulation, to achieve what those countries were unable to achieve by force, including keeping Yemen without sovereignty or independence as a cheap subordinate country that is not allowed to develop its economy or genuinely build the state with its various military, security, agricultural, democratic aspects, among others. Besides, proposals to hand over Yemen’s decision to those who reside in Riyadh hotels and earn a living from disloyalty and mercenarism, their sole aim is to stand against building a strong, democratic, republican Yemen, keeping it weak without a decision, sovereignty, stature, or development, and serving the agenda of the neighboring (rather than foreign) countries that see a threat in Yemen being strong and democratic. This is not acceptable for the Yemeni people who have presented thousands of martyrs and made sacrifices in the battle for the homeland dignity and the Yemeni people’s pride, striving for stability, development, friendly relations and mutual respect with all countries.
8. Following six years of war on Yemen, it is now the time for the free and honorable voices in the whole world to leave the shameful silence towards this unjust war to which the international community turned a deaf ear in exchange for receiving Saudi and UAE dirty money, which will be a disgrace to those governments throughout history. Victory goes for the honest and free people.

SECURITY SITUATION – Six Years (26 March 2015 – 26 March 2021)

1. The occupied Yemeni areas are experiencing unprecedented deterioration and insecurity, as killings, assassinations, bombings and interruptions are perpetrated on a daily basis. These practices, intended by the countries of War Coalition to create chaos that lead to the collapse of state institutions, include the following:
   • Supporting terrorism by recruiting terrorist organizations (ISIS, Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations), and bringing in foreign terrorist elements to undermine security and stability in the provinces.
   • Exchanging roles between the Saudi and UAE regimes in supporting and financing armed militias with various modern military equipment to trigger inter-militia conflicts for achieving their criminal ends.
   • The Aggression countries target the Yemeni society and its public order by introducing various types of prohibited drugs and contraband, dumping many Yemeni regions with these materials, promoting them among citizens, and supporting their abuse among groups in society.
   • Encouraging conflicts and assassinations, especially in Shabwa governorate, by supporting many tribes with money and weapons to keep on constant conflict with each other. This distracts most of the tribes from calling the so-called local authority to direct the security and military leaders to intervene to prevent such tribal conflicts that facilitate the Aggression Coalition’s intentions and plans to continue occupying the southern governorates completely.

Tragic Situations Prevailing in Socotra and Al-Mahrah Governorates

1. Socotra governorate enjoys a strategic location in the Arabian Sea and overlooks the international waterways that connect the Indian Ocean countries with the world. This feature has made this island sit at the top territorial ambitions of the War Coalition countries, with the aim of controlling the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden from the eastern and western sides. The banana state of the United Arab Emirates plays a suspicious role exceeding its ability level to occupy Socotra Archipelago, which is far from military operations. In Al-Mahrah governorate, Saudi Arabia commits aggressive and criminal acts and controls the most significant “land, sea and air” ports as well as the economic resources. It destabilizes security, stability and public tranquility there. Both the Saudi and Emirati regimes commit criminal, human, moral, social and economic acts and violations in Al-Mahrah and Socotra governorates, including:
   • Fully controlling Socotra seaports; establishing military bases and barracks on some parts there; and fully controlling the import and export operations in all forms;
   • Tampering with Socotra lands, which are deemed the largest natural reserve in the region; building on vast areas of Socotra shores, including Deksem Reserve; plundering rare birds and various types of marine life in Di-Hamri Reserve; tampering with the environment and rare plants and trees, which are among the world’s most significant and rare plants and trees; and transferring the Dragon Blood Tree to the banana state of Emirates.
   • Targeting and obliterating ancient historical and archaeological monuments in Socotra, including the historical Fortress on Mt. Hawari.
   • Establishing Emirati and Saudi communication network and towers in Socotra of their own but outside the so-called Legitimacy’s control.
   • Realizing the Saudi regime’s ambitions to reach the Arabian Sea and gain access to a sea port to export its oil through the lands of Al-Mahrah.
   • Violating national sovereignty; tightening control over all ports of Al-Mahrah; isolating this governorate from its Yemeni surroundings; preventing the movement of citizens between districts; suppressing freedom of opinion and expression; restricting protests against poor living conditions; and obstructing the commercial movement and transit of goods.
   • The Saudi regime supports the extremist, terrorist and takfeeri groups that have recently been active in Al-Mahrah governorate. They are directly supported through the so-called Salman Center and the Saudi military base at Al-Ghaydah Airport. These groups constitute a real threat to the security and stability of the region.
2. As a result of those practices, the popular rejection of the Emirati and Saudi military presence in the southern governorates escalated and expanded, demanding the departure of the forces and holding them responsible for the difficult living conditions the citizens face in the south; the spread of chaos, assassinations, armed groups and jihadist terrorist groups; deprivation and non-provision of medical services, electricity, water, and salaries; collapse of the currency; increase in prices; and prevalence of poverty, famine and diseases. The lives of citizens in the southern governorates have turned into hell.