Ansarollah Website | Report by Dr. Fadel al-Sharqi, Member of the Political Bureau of Ansar Allah
Sana'a is enduring a sweeping economic and financial blockade targeting its ports, airports, border crossings, currency, and banking system. It is also subject to extremely harsh primary and secondary U.S. and international sanctions, amid severe shortages in resources, a near-total depletion of financial inflows, and the full appropriation of national wealth, alongside the prevention of exports and the denial of its right to benefit from or trade its own resources.
For eleven years, Yemen has remained under the weight of aggression, blockade, and the direct occupation of large parts of its territory, with its political and social unity torn apart and its security, stability, and sovereignty subjected to ongoing erosion. This reality, the text asserts, is driven by alternating systems of betrayal, foreign alignment, aggression, and siege.
It is undeniable, the narrative continues, that Yemen is paying the price for its sovereign and liberation-oriented stance—rejecting American and Western hegemony and Saudi guardianship—while also bearing the consequences of its central role in supporting Gaza, Jerusalem, and Palestine, and its alignment with the causes of the Arab and Islamic nations and their oppressed peoples.
Sanaa closely monitors the domestic and regional landscape with constant vigilance, as the aggression, blockade, and economic warfare—particularly against the national currency—continue without pause.
At the same time, there is an accelerating militarization of the occupied governorates, including the construction of Salafi-Takfiri military and security structures affiliated with ISIS, alongside extensive recruitment, mobilization, training, and armament efforts aimed at preparing for an open-ended war against Sanaa, potentially extending for another decade or more.
Today, Sanaa stands at a crossroads between a war that is being actively prepared and advanced on a large scale, and the option of peace alongside the humanitarian responsibilities it prioritizes toward its people and its wider Arab environment—an environment it seeks to see genuinely embody Arab identity and solidarity.
Yet it does so without ignoring what it describes as the militarization and radicalization of large segments of society, nor the ongoing preparations for an offensive designed to strike at a time and place chosen by the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, in reliance on shifting time dynamics and regional developments, and in an attempt to replicate the model of the sectarian war experienced in Syria.
The statement delivered by Sayyid Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din, may God preserve him, at the beginning of the new Hijri year (1448 AH), has reignited what the enemy had assumed was buried, forgotten, or irretrievably lost in the depths of collective consciousness. In reality, it came as a response to the demands of an outraged public and as an expression of its free will.
Accordingly, Sana'a will not remain a passive observer to the suffering, pain, and hardship endured by its people—the cries of the sick, the pleas of the deprived, and the anguish of the vulnerable—indefinitely. Nor will it accept the justifications of overwhelming external pressure or the rhetoric of delay and procrastination.
It will not wait for its enemies to strike again; rather, it will pre-empt them—striking before they strike, surprising them before they are surprised.
A people who have endured years of hardship, who have chosen to sacrifice and to stand in support of Gaza even at their own expense and deprivation, know well the path to reclaiming their legitimate rights and just causes, and to holding accountable those who wage aggression against them, conspire against them, plunder their wealth, and undermine their security and stability—when necessity leaves no alternative. (If nothing but spearheads are available as transport… then the desperate have no choice but to ride them.)
Indeed, when Sanaa finds itself compelled to respond to the demands of its people and to align with the imperatives of freedom, sovereignty, and a dignified life, it will fight without hesitation or restraint, and it will not rest until all its legitimate national rights are fully restored.
And if the world—foremost among them the major powers and regional states—continues to ignore Sanaa’s voice and the suffering of the Yemeni people, then, as the rhetoric warns, oil, gas, and energy infrastructures across land and sea could burn for months, with no capacity to extinguish the flames.
At that point, cries of alarm or remorse would be of no use; the cost would be immense, and the consequences would force far greater concessions and settlements than those currently on the table. Events, it warns, could spiral beyond control and beyond anything that can be foreseen.
Stop the war and aggression against Yemen. End the occupation of its territory. Lift the blockade and sanctions. Cease interference in its internal affairs and the systematic targeting of its security, stability, and dignity.
Otherwise—and as the warning makes clear—Yemen possesses a leadership that cannot be subjugated, deceived, or coerced, and a formidable people who, when called, respond; when commanded, obey; and once mobilized, do not retreat until their rights are secured and victory is achieved.
Amid this complex equation between the choice of war and the option of peace, Sanaa places the matter before the world, speaking with both wisdom and strength: peace is a legitimate right of all peoples, and Yemen is no exception.
Sanaa has never closed the door to negotiations, nor has it rejected any serious Arab or international effort aimed at ending the war, lifting the blockade, and achieving a just peace that safeguards the Yemeni people’s rights, dignity, sovereignty, and control over their land and resources.
Yet it maintains that genuine peace cannot be built on siege, threats, or the expectation of surrender. It can only rest on the recognition of rights, respect for the will of peoples, and relations grounded in equality and dignity—not in guardianship or domination.
Sanaa asserts with confidence that Yemen has no need for guardianship or for freedoms dispensed as charity. It is, as it sees itself, fully deserving of freedom—its maker, its steward, and its rightful bearer.
Over years of war, it has demonstrated its capacity to endure, to confront, and to safeguard its interests and future. Even so, it extends its hand to all who seek a genuine peace built on equality, justice, and mutual respect, not on external dictates or foreign interference.
It is clear to decision-making centers across the world and the region that Yemen—with its vast population, battle-hardened forces, strategic location, and significant resources, as well as its ability to influence global maritime routes and energy security—can no longer be treated as a passing file managed by external decisions that entrench tutelage, occupation, or domination.
Rather, it has become a matter of Arab, regional, and international security at the highest level, one that can no longer be ignored or reduced to temporary relief efforts, empty formulas, or political deception, especially at a time when the world is moving to resolve conflicts and secure stability, rights, and interests.
All parties must recognize that no piecemeal solutions or superficial fixes will succeed, and that no lasting security or stability in the region can be achieved as long as the war, aggression, and blockade on Yemen continue.
A genuine and comprehensive settlement is required—one that ensures an end to the aggression, the lifting of the blockade and sanctions in full, without fragmentation or reduction, and free from any external interference, dictates, or pressure.
According to this logic, Sanaa will confront this reality with its strength, resilience, presence, and people. It will not accept being treated as a bargaining chip in anyone’s hands, nor will it allow the continuation of aggression and blockade or the further suffering of its population.
Today, it presents itself as a force that cannot be underestimated, a presence that cannot be bypassed, and a will that cannot be broken, with all options remaining open.
The most secure and peaceful path for all, it maintains, is the path of reason and peace, mutual respect, sovereign equality, non-interference in the affairs of others, and the rejection of coercion, domination, hegemony, guardianship, and colonialism.
Sanaa’s adherence to the option of peace is not a sign of weakness, but rather a reflection of strength, awareness, and a clear understanding of the interests of its people and its broader geographic and regional environment.
In doing so, it places the world before its moral and legal responsibilities, and the region before a genuine test of its ability to avoid crises and risks, and to uphold the principles of good-neighborliness and mutual respect.
Those who believe that Sanaa can be broken, pushed back, or made to abandon its core causes, values, and principles are mistaken. Events, day after day, demonstrate its ability to protect itself, achieve its objectives, and respond to any challenge on land, at sea, or in the air, with divine support and backing.
It has become necessary, the text asserts, for all to understand that Sanaa has become a self-standing equation, one that must be taken into account in every calculation. It will not relinquish even the smallest part of its people’s rights, nor allow them to continue enduring the pain of blockade and systematic deprivation.
The world, it warns, will face a very difficult reality if it continues to ignore the suffering and extend unjust sanctions and measures. And if some insist on dealing with Yemen through the logic of force, domination, and tutelage, then what is coming will be far greater and more consequential than they imagine.
In conclusion, Yemen is not merely a point on a map that can be erased, fragmented, or divided. It is a people, a will, a living reality, a civilization, and a history. And while it prioritizes peace, security, and stability, it remains fully prepared for war—seasoned in confrontation and fierce in battle—if no other path remains to secure its rights to freedom, justice, sovereignty, independence, and a dignified life.
