The siege of Taiz and the lifting of the front militia, its disinformation
English - Tuesday 18 July 2023 الساعة 03:42 pm
Taiz, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
Whenever the voices of the protests rose to demand the lifting of the siege imposed on the city of Taiz, the front militia raised its rhetoric to condemn the siege imposed by the Arab coalition on it. Until a year and a half ago, Iran's arm used to invoke the restrictions imposed by the coalition on Sana'a airport and the port of Hodeidah, but it continues, without shame, to talk about the alleged blockade even after opening Sana'a airport to flights and lifting all restrictions on the port of Hodeidah to receive commercial ships.
In conjunction with the last vigil of the people of Taiz, which has been besieged for eight years, Saba News Agency, in its version that was controlled by the militia as part of its coup against power in 2014, published an editorial by its "political editor", on Sunday, denouncing what the militia calls a multiple siege: by land, air and sea. After all these years of war and violating charters, the Yemenis and the leaders of the international and regional community, including the leaders and diplomats of the United Nations, know that the Houthi militia does not observe a covenant and does not abide by a charter.
The armistice agreement agreed upon on April 2, 2022, between the Houthi militia and the legitimate government stipulated that the reopening of Sana’a airport and the lifting of restrictions on the port of Hodeidah be in exchange for the opening of closed roads, especially in Taiz. But what did the covenant-breaking militia commit to, on its part, to implement the terms of the armistice? It continued to besiege Taiz, Ma'rib, and Al-Dhalea, and continued targeting the areas on the contact lines, and sent its drones and ballistic missiles on villages and cities in the liberated governorates, and on the positions of the National Army along the front line. While the merchant ships were anchored in the port of Hodeidah, they obstinately prevented ships loaded with goods belonging to merchants in their areas of control from unloading their cargoes in the port of Aden. The Arab coalition and the United Nations responded to it by lifting more restrictions on the port of Hodeidah.
In October of last year, instead of renewing the truce for the fourth time, the Imamate militia not only rejected the renewal, but also targeted the oil export ports in Hadramout and Shabwa with missiles and marches, and prevented the government from exporting oil under the threat of bombing export and oil extraction facilities. Later, it prevented the entry of domestic gas coming from Marib and replaced it with shipments of gas supplied by Iran, despite its high cost to citizens. Also, without shame, it stipulated that the government pay it a share of the oil revenues and pay the salaries of government employees from it, and it is the one that withdrew the revenues of the port of Hodeidah that were earmarked for paying salaries from the central bank in the province according to the Stockholm Agreement.
There is no doubt that the human suffering of citizens continues in the north and south of the country because of the war and its disastrous consequences, but the legitimate government at least made great concessions to alleviate this suffering, and these concessions were for the sake of citizens in areas controlled by the militia and not for the sake of the militia that found in those facilities an opportunity to exercise More blackmail against the government and the people, and it persisted in its blackmail against the countries of the Arab coalition, the United Nations and the international community.
In light of this intransigence, extortion, perseverance, and openness in their practices, it is natural for the government, the coalition countries, the international community, and the United Nations to review their calculations in dealing with a militia that did not provide a responsible model in understanding the concessions and facilities correctly. And if the weekly flights from Sana'a airport had been reduced by half, it would have been better for the militia leaders, who do not stop reminding the Yemenis of the tyrannical past of their ancestors, the imams, to understand this as a warning message to review their accounts instead of raising their disinformation whenever the voices condemning their crimes are louder.
