News - Yemen: Member of the Supreme Political Council, Abdulaziz bin Habtoor praised the Yemeni Armed Forces and their great efforts in supporting the people of Gaza and in closing maritime navigation in the Red Sea to Israeli ships and all cooperating companies.

Bin Habtoor explained that Yemen is not a transient state in history, but rather a country deeply rooted in this part of the world for thousands of years, strongly present in Islamic history, and today actively supporting Gaza under Sayyed Abdulmalik al-Houthi.

"Everyone who worked during this historical moment feels great pride because they stood alongside the truth that 17 countries, led by Saudi Arabia and supported by the world’s major capitalist powers, have conspired against," he added.

He affirmed that the Yemeni people have shown an honorable stance of brotherly, religious, moral, and humanitarian solidarity with the Palestinian cause, which today, as in the recent past, is facing a major conspiracy with vile collusion by several Arab regimes, foremost among them the normalization regimes.

Since late 2023, Yemen’s Armed Forces have dramatically escalated their military operations in response to the Israeli enemy's war on Gaza and the broader US.-British support for it. As part of their declared solidarity with the Palestinian people, Yemen has launched a sustained campaign targeting Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and beyond—expanding its strategy to include aerial and maritime blockades on the Israeli entity.

Yemen’s increasing use of ballistic and hypersonic missiles, along with advanced drones, has shifted the balance of power in regional waters, creating serious concern within US and Israeli defense establishments. Analysts now describe the conflict as one of the most significant maritime confrontations since World War II, with implications far beyond the Red Sea.

The reported retreat of US forces following direct threats to its carriers  represent a major strategic and symbolic victory for Yemen and a major embarrassment for Washington, particularly under the leadership of Donald Trump, whose administration had vowed to maintain dominance in the region.