Yemen to Take its Rights by Force, US-Saudi Violations, Obstruction in Implementing Truce Persist

 Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs, Jalal Al-Rowaishan, explained that since the announcement of the truce, all evidence indicates continued violations of the aggression and its non-compliance with its terms, and that what has been achieved so far is not equal to 10% of what was announced in the terms. In a statement to Almasirah, Al-Rowaishan said that if the truce continues without opening the ports, paying salaries, and opening the airport, it is baseless and our people persistent on taking its rights.

He added that “if the US-Saudi aggression’s violations continue, then Yemeni people will not accept a failed truce, pointing out that our people and our Armed Forces do not depend on the truce and credibility of the forces of aggression.”

He explained that the National Delegation focused on lifting the suffering of the Yemeni people, pointing out that the aggression did not abide by the truce in the required form and the Yemeni people realizing this matter.

On Wednesday, the head of national delegation, Mohammed Abdulsalam, stressed, Wednesday, that the continuation of the US-Saudi aggression in obstructing flights and seizing ships are negative steps that do not help the existing truce.

It is noteworthy that the US-Saudi aggression seized today a new gasoline ship – the second within 24 hours – and prevented it from reaching the port of Hodeidah, according to the YPC, in flagrant violation of truce agreement.

Earlier, the Director General of Sana’a International Airport, Khaled Al-Shayef, confirmed that the US-Saudi aggression does not have any justifications to disavow the implementation of what was agreed upon regarding flights to and from Sana’a Airport.

He explained that not scheduling flights and announcing them in sufficient time wastes the opportunity for citizens to travel and leads to the inability to book.

He pointed out that the US-Saudi aggression requests that the lists of passengers’ names be uploaded 48 hours before the flight, which is not enough time.

He noted that the cancellation of the US-Saudi aggression last Wednesday, a flight from Cairo, caused a problem for Yemeni citizens wishing to return after their arrival from several countries.

He helds the UN responsible for scheduling and implementing the remaining flights on time, stressing that some patients were unable to return from Jordan as a result of the flight delays.

The Chairman of the Higher Medical Committee, Mutahar Al-Darwish, stated that after the extension of the truce, 1,600 patients were scheduled to travel, spread over 16 flights.

He explained that the US-Saudi aggression’s obstruction of flights through Sana’a airport hinders the plans of the Supreme Medical Committee regarding the travel of patients.

Recently, the spokesman of YPC renewed the demand of the international community, Security Council, and international human rights to pressure the US-Saudi aggression and oblige it not to practice piracy on fuel ships.

The coalition of aggression continues its piracy, detaining fuel ships, and preventing them from entering the port of Hodeidah, despite obtaining permits from UN, which aggravates the humanitarian catastrophe due to the suspension of many vital service sectors, especially hospitals, electricity, water, cargo trucks, as well as waste trucks.

Since June 2020, the aggression and its allied government have continued to prevent fuel ships from entering the port of Hodeidah, except for a few ships that entered the port with a large time difference between each ship. Most of the ships left the place where they were being held by the forces of aggression, with their full cargo, after accumulating delay fines, exceeding the price of the cargo.

A suffocating fuel crisis in all governorates is experienced under the authority of Sana’a. Most of the important vital sectors, especially the health sector, are threatened with suspension, while work has been disrupted in many productive and service sectors, which caused economic losses of millions of dollars.

In early April, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced the nationwide ceasefire, for the first time since 2016, saying the two-month truce would be eligible for renewal with the consent of parties. The truce meant to halt all military operations in the country and to bring the foreign military invasion to an end.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the truce “must be a first step to ending Yemen’s devastating war,” urging the warring parties to build on the opportunity to “resume an inclusive and comprehensive Yemeni political process.”

The deal stipulates halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen’s lifeline al-Hudaydah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana’a “to predetermined destinations in the region .”
The two-month humanitarian and military truce under the auspices of the United Nations entered into effect on the second of last April and ends on the second of June 2022. Over the past weeks, the forces of aggression have been obstructing the implementation of the truce , refusing to allow flights to reach Sana’a International Airport.