UAE Diplomat: Air, Sea Bridge After Liberating Hodeidah

[The SC]

Sunday, 24 June, 2018 - 12:15

UAE Ambassador to Lebanon Hamad Saeed Sultan al-Shamsi.


UAE Ambassador to Lebanon Hamad Saeed Sultan al-Shamsi stressed that his country welcomes the news emerging from Sanaa.

“We encourage and appreciate the ongoing efforts of the UN envoy to facilitate the safe handover of Hodeidah to the legitimate Yemeni government,” Shamsi said.

“The complete, peaceful and unconditional withdrawal of the Houthi militias from the city and port of Hodeidah is the only step to avoid aggravating the situation in the city and its outskirts,” Shamsi told Asharq Al-Awsat.

Coalition forces are ready to exert more pressure on the Houthis to achieve this goal, and now there is an urgent need to expel Houthis from the city and its port, he added.

The UAE diplomat said that the Saudi-led coalition forces will not allow Houthis to exploit civilians and use them as human shields, abuse or mislead them.

“The military and humanitarian operation in Hodeidah is an integrated plan that embraces both military and humanitarian aspects,” Shamsi stated.

“The UAE's contribution includes 50,000 tons of additional food aid already being delivered in Hodeidah and other nearby locations.”

“Currently, 10 vessels carrying a total of 35,000 tons of food are near, or, on the way to Hodeidah. Additional ships are also stationed in ports in Saudi Arabia,” he explained.

“There are seven aircrafts registered in the United Arab Emirates with a total capacity of 14,000 tons and are equipped to operate as an airlift to transport or deliver humanitarian aid through air landing," the official said.

He further noted that the UAE has contracted with 100 trucks to transport and deliver food and provide them in the form of aid convoys from Aden.

The first convoy distributed the aid in southern Hodeidah, he said, adding that there is a special focus on the needs of women and children.


https://aawsat.com/english/home/art...omat-air-sea-bridge-after-liberating-hodeidah

 

[Malik Alashter]

They got the town Al hodeidah yet or they still struggle?

 

[The SC]

They got the town Al hodeidah yet or they still struggle?

They don't want fights inside the city, because as you know that will make a lot of civilian causalities.. they are waiting for the Houthis to evacuate it peacefully.. while putting more pressure in the outskirts..

 

[SubWater]

They got the town Al hodeidah yet or they still struggle?

They got nothing

 

[Saif al-Arab]

They got the town Al hodeidah yet or they still struggle?

Mosul, a not much larger city, was defended by fewer Daesh members, yet it took 9 months to liberate it with international support from the air.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016–2017)

The battle of Hudaydah (mostly done by the Yemeni army and local allies) have not been ongoing for even 2 weeks and there are more Houthis terrorist cultists than there were Daesh terrorist cultists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Al_Hudaydah

Dumb comment.

They got nothing

Expect for controlling the airport and port (most important parts of the city) but whatever you say Arab-obsessed farsi troll.

 

[Muhammed45]

They got nothing

People are resisting, this is not Aleppo or Mosul where people wanted terrorists removed, coalition led by Americans is liberating the town from its main residents.
So they will fail like always. Hezbollah defeated Israeli army, Yemen will defeat the coalition inshallalh

 

[Malik Alashter]

Mosul, a not much larger city, was defended by fewer Daesh members, yet it took 6 + months.

So how many daesh were there in mosul per your knowledge?

 

[Saif al-Arab]

So how many daesh were there in mosul per your knowledge?

Take a look at the Wikipedia pages and the references used. I did not create those pages or the references used.

However your comment was idiotic. You expect a city almost the size of Mosul to be liberated within freaking 11 days when it took 9 + months to liberate Mosul from the same/similar number of terrorist cultists (Houthis are even more heavily armed than Daesh). Moreover with Yemenis leading the battle. The same Yemeni army that was more or less disbanded back in 2015 and for the past 3 years have been retrained by KSA, UAE, Arab coalition etc. It will most likely take a few moths to liberate the city (I have no idea how long it will take) unless the Houthis retreat.

Certain pro-terrorist media in the West let alone farsi Mullah media are already doing their fake propaganda but it is not working. To no avail.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1009130382728581120

https://twitter.com/x/status/1009130386977259521

https://twitter.com/x/status/1009130393474424836

https://twitter.com/x/status/1009130398037749760

https://twitter.com/x/status/1009130406191489024

Absurd what this cult has been doing to a beautiful and ancient country like Yemen in the past 25 years.

Anyway I know that you support the Houthi terrorist cult so no point discussing about this topic here.

I would not be surprised if you thought that only the Iraqi army in the Arab world is capable and that the Saudi Arabian, Emirati, Egyptian etc. armies cannot fight despite fighting the largest and most complicated war in the region (outside of Syria where no Arab country is really heavily involved to begin with let alone any Arab army other than Syria themselves but since it is a civil war it does not count) and such nonsense.

 

[Muhammed45]

Saudis have hired some Hungary young fighters from southern Yemen, promised them land and wealth but they are poorly trained fighting well trained Houthis and Yemeni army.

Yemeni army has been using and producing ballistic missiles since USSR era. Now Yemeni army and Houthis are united against the invaders. Houthi leader said in an interview, that Yemeni army has detected Israeli fighter jets over Sanaa. This proves that there is a huge front against Yemeni nation, and Sauds cannot hide the truth anymore. Israel is actively operating in Yemen using Saudi and Jordan air spaces. This poor but brave nation of Yemen shall succeed, and they will.

DebkaFile quotes from Iranian source, that Israeli fighter jets are seen over Yemen
https://www.debka.com/mivzak/houthi...ighter-jets-conduct-air-strikes-over-w-yemen/

 

[T-Rex]

Saudis have hired some Hungary young fighters from southern Yemen, promised them land and wealth but they are poorly trained fighting well trained Houthis and Yemeni army.

Yemeni army has been using and producing ballistic missiles since USSR era. Now Yemeni army and Houthis are united against the invaders. Houthi leader said in an interview, that Yemeni army has detected Israeli fighter jets over Sanaa. This proves that there is a huge front against Yemeni nation, and Sauds cannot hide the truth anymore. Israel is actively operating in Yemen using Saudi and Jordan air spaces. This poor but brave nation of Yemen shall succeed, and they will.

DebkaFile quotes from Iranian source, that Israeli fighter jets are seen over Yemen
https://www.debka.com/mivzak/houthi...ighter-jets-conduct-air-strikes-over-w-yemen/

And where is the Iranian assistance for the Houthis or is it just limited to moral support? Iran is clearly weaker than israel.

 

[Muhammed45]

And where is the Iranian assistance for the Houthis or is it just limited to moral support? Iran is clearly weaker than israel.

TBH, There are rumors about helping Yemeni army by Iran. It gladdens me if it was true.

And no, we are not weaker than Israel., Takfiris with Israeli help tried to break our front line In Syria, but they won't succeed. Yemen war is completely a different case, however, USA is the leader of one side in both wars. In Syria we have presence and we will have until the day that our prophet and Quran have promised us. The day we will enter Quds, not too far.

Yemeni war has been going on for years if you have followed the news about Yemen, you would know. USA is trying to pretend that it's a war among Muslims but we know that it's not. Saudis are cannon fodders of imperialists, USA wants Bab el mandab where almost 40 to 50 percent of world Trade, especially oil trade, is being done through. And Saudis have to do it for them.

In Syria, we are fighting a harder war with Israeli NATO allies, and if we succeed, Israel is over.