Ansarullah leader vows retaliation for US aggression on Yemen

Abdul Malik al-Houthi made the remarks in a speech on Sunday, a day after the US carried out large-scale military strikes on the Yemeni capital Sana'a and multiple other provinces across the country, leaving dozens of people, including women and children, killed and injured.

“We will stand against American and Israeli oppression. The American aggression is a failure and will fail, by the will of Allah, and it will not achieve its goals,” al-Houthi said.

“The American aggression will not succeed in pressuring our people and our country to retreat from their stance or decision, as it is a fundamental position,” he added.

“The new aggression will contribute to further developing our military capabilities, and we will confront escalation with escalation,” he said.

“Our armed forces have begun responding to the American aggression—this is our choice, our decision, and our direction, as long as the American aggression on our country continues,” he noted.

“The aircraft carrier and American warships will be targets for us, and the navigation ban will include the Americans as long as they persist in their aggression,” al-Houthi said.

“We will respond to escalation with escalation, and we will strike at the American enemy by targeting its aircraft carrier, warships, and imposing a blockade on its vessels,” he said.

“If the American aggression on our country continues, we will escalate further with additional measures,” he stated.

“Our dear people will move broadly and comprehensively to confront American tyranny, resisting the aggression against our country and the starvation of the Palestinian people,” al-Houthi said.

On Saturday night, American and British warplanes launched 47 airstrikes on several sites in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a as well as on areas in the northern province of Sa’ada, the central province of al-Bayda, and the southwestern province of Dhamar.

At least 31 people, mostly women and children, were killed in the aerial and naval attacks ordered by US President Donald Trump.

The large-scale aerial attacks, which began on Saturday and continued into the early hours of Sunday, came after the Yemeni Armed Forces threatened to resume their retaliatory operations against the Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea over the Tel Aviv regime’s blockade on Gaza.