Major General Aidaroos Qasim Al-Zubaidi, President of the Southern Transitional Council and Vice Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, said today, Tuesday, that the US-led coalition to protect trade movement in the Red Sea from attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis is weak because the regional powers Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt did not participate in it. .

Al-Zubaidi added, in an interview with Reuters: “The Bab al-Mandab corridor concerns the entire world and the region, so regional intervention is the basis,” noting that the unrest resulting from the Houthi attacks inflicted heavy losses on the country’s economy and froze efforts to reach an agreement. Peace in Yemen.

He continued, saying: “How will there be a peace process in light of the strikes on commercial ships, and how will that happen?”

Al-Zubaidi continued his speech to (Reuters): “The economic situation is very difficult, and the rise in shipping costs has led to an increase in the prices of food and medicines, and the decline in the value of the currency and the deterioration of living conditions means that we are facing a humanitarian crisis.”