Official local sources revealed forced displacement operations carried out by the Houthi militia of citizens in the Ras Issa area in the coastal governorate of Hodeidah, western Yemen.

The Undersecretary of Hodeidah Governorate, Walid Al-Qadimi, said that a committee affiliated with the so-called Houthi Security and Intelligence Service descended and registered the number of families and citizens in Ras Issa, which consists of three villages: Deir Al-Zahifi, Deir Al-Wali, and the village of Dabra, in preparation for transferring them outside the region in the same way as it follows. It has Israel in Gaza.

Al-Qadimi warned against the displacement of citizens, explaining that the militias are seeking to transform Ras Issa into an oil economic zone according to the plan that is being worked on by them and in order to work comfortably without the presence of citizens in the region, stressing that work is underway under the supervision of Iranian and other foreign experts who are present among From time to time.

He added that the militia is building a shortcut to Ras Issa from the Al-Mallah area on the coast instead of the main road, to facilitate the transportation of oil derivatives and what is smuggled from this port, revealing Iran’s efforts to transform Ras Issa into an oil economic zone that will bring them benefits through the militia. Houthi terrorism.

He said: “The Iranians have begun planning to reap the fruits of their support for this militia, so we always say it: ‘Liberating Hodeidah and its ports is the way to liberate all of Yemen,’ calling in this regard on the United Nations and Human Rights Watch to do their duty in accordance with Security Council resolutions and stop the Houthi violations and crimes.” On all the Yemeni people in areas under their control.

Al-Qadimi also extended the same invitation to the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), which he described as “brainally dead.” He said: "Unfortunately, its survival has legitimized the violations of the Houthi terrorist militia in the Red Sea."

Since mid-November 2023, Hodeidah Governorate, with its three ports under the control of the Houthi militia, has turned into a terrorist barracks due to its attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea under allegations of supporting Gaza.