Yemeni envoy: US, UK attacks illegal
Yemen’s ambassador to Iran says the United States and Britan illegally launched attacks on the Arab country with the aim of preventing Yemen from supporting Palestinians.
Ebrahim Al-Dailami said in an interview with ISNA that the US has been seeking to obtain permission from the United Nations to attack Yemen, but it has failed to do so.
As everyone knows, he noted, the United Nations has not granted any permission to the US and UK to launch an attack on Yemen, but the two countries used a recent resolution adopted by the UN Security Council as a pretext for their aggression on Yemen.
The UN Security Council on January 10, 2024, passed the Resolution 2722, condemning Yemen’s attacks on merchant and commercial vessels and called for the Ansarallah movement to immediately cease all attacks on vessels and to release the captured ship Galaxy Leader and its crew.
However, the Yemeni official underlined that his country will continue its attacks on the Israel-bound ships to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which have been under brutal Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023.
“The Americans seek to expand the scope of the war across the region, and we have already warned them to avoid any foolish act,” Al-Deilami said, adding, “The United States is responsible for whatever may happen in the Red
Sea.”
A US-led coalition has launched two deadly strikes on the Arab country in the past week, which has been met with condemnations from regional states.
The Yemeni official proposed the formation of a regional coalition to protect the security of the strategic sea.
He said that the US has been seeking to create an international coalition in the Red Sea, but has failed to do so as the littoral states refused to join it.