Intensive diplomatic activity by Yemen and the United States opens the black record of the coalition of terrorism and the coup, represented by the Houthi militias and Al-Qaeda.

Two days after a speech by the Yemeni ambassador to Washington, Muhammad al-Hadrami, before the US Senate, Jesse Levinson, head of the Counterterrorism Bureau for South, Central, and East Asia at the US State Department, traveled to Riyadh to meet with the President of the Presidential Council, Rashad al-Alimi, the Council member, Abdul Rahman al-Muharami, and the Minister of the Interior. Ibrahim Haidan.

The Yemeni officials agreed, during the meetings, in which Washington's ambassador to Yemen Stephen Fagin also participated, on the importance of "peace through strength" to deal with "the threats of the Houthi militias and Al-Qaeda."

Presidential demands

The head of the Presidential Command Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, during the meeting with Levinson and Fagin yesterday, called for American support for the internationally recognized government to deal with “the threats fueled by the Houthi militias and the organizations allied with them, including gross human rights violations, attacks, and ongoing acts of piracy on... Maritime cargo ships supported by the Iranian regime.”

Alimi said: “The Presidential Command Council and the Yemeni government are looking forward to the United States doubling international pressure on the Houthi militias, including classifying them as a terrorist organization, drying up their sources of funding, and arming them.”

As for the separate meeting of a member of the Presidential Leadership Council, Abdul Rahman Al-Muharrami, with the US Ambassador to Yemen, Stephen Fagin, he discussed “the economic and humanitarian repercussions in Yemen and the region, in light of the continued escalation of the Houthi militias against international shipping lines in the Red Sea, as well as discussing ways to strengthen Cooperation between the two sides to combat terrorism and support peace and stability efforts in the region.”

The same matter was opened by the head of the Counterterrorism Bureau for South, Central and East Asia at the US State Department, Jesse Levinson, during a third meeting with the Yemeni Minister of Interior, Ibrahim Haidan, in which they discussed “strengthening cooperation between the two countries, in the fields of security, technology, and the use of information to combat terrorism and address challenges.” The security facing Yemen and the region.”

According to the Yemeni News Agency "Saba", Levinson expressed "the readiness of the United States to support these Yemeni efforts in combating terrorism through training, technical assistance, and capacity building."

Presence in Congress

The Yemeni ambassador to Washington, Mohammed Al-Hadrami, stressed, during a speech he delivered in the US Senate, Yemen’s urgent need for support and proposed 3 measures to deal with the violence of the Houthi militias.

Al-Hadrami said: “Iranian support has enabled the Houthis to become a threat not only to Yemen, but to the region and the world, and therefore, they must be stopped,” adding: “The Yemenis can stop them, as we have the determination and manpower to confront the Houthis and the Iranian threat in Yemen and at sea.” Red. But we can't do it alone; we need your support."

He added: "The Houthis are not naturally strong. Their power comes only from Iran and its Revolutionary Guards. With the right strategy, this support can be neutralized."

Al-Hadrami also proposed three measures for the new American strategy in Yemen, the first of which is to classify the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization, and the second is to support the Yemeni government and army to liberate the port of Hodeidah to protect the Red Sea and force the Houthis to engage in peace as well as prevent Iranian support from reaching them, and finally targeting Houthi leaders to dismantle Their leadership structure.

At the end of his speech, Al-Hadrami stressed that “peace through strength” is feasible for dealing with the Houthi militias after the failure of all diplomatic efforts in recent years