US, Zionist regime behind assault on Yemen: Ansarullah leader

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said that the Yemeni people are fully ready to sacrifice their lives to preserve their freedom, dignity and independence, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported on Saturday evening.

He further described the unity among the Yemeni people as the main factor of resistance in the country.

Condemning the Saudi attacks on Yemen, the Ansarullah leader said the enemy’s missiles have targeted 'our children'.

He added the US, Israel and certain world countries have also targeted the Islamic Ummah as the Islamic countries cannot tolerate any kind of domination over themselves and they stand against the US plots.

Referring to the plots hatched by the US to ruin the region, al-Houthi said there are amicable ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, and the two are coordinating their anti-region schemes .

The presence of Riyadh in Yemen is in line with serving Tel Aviv interests, the Yemeni leader said.

Violation against Yemen, however, has made the country to achieve good military successes, al-Houthi said.

Saudi Arabia with the help of nine other Arab countries, except Oman, has been mounting massive attacks on Yemen since March 26, 2015, to give power back to the resigned Yemeni president and prevent the Yemeni revolutionary forces from taking power. Since then, thousands of Yemenis, mostly women and children and old people, have been killed by Riyadh fatal attacks against the country.

A statement by the United Nations human rights office has reported that at least 4,773 civilians have been killed and 8,272 injured during two-year-long attacks on Yemen.

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