Yemeni Ansarullah: Saudi Deceitful Move Targets World Public Opinion

By Staff, Agencies

Ansarullah revolutionary movement in Yemen declared on Sunday its rejection as fraudulent a two-week ceasefire announced by the Saudi-led aggression.

It further warned that the Saudi move “deceitfully targets the world public opinion.”

Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the spokesman for Ansarullah, said in a post on his official Twitter page on Sunday that Yemen has seen an escalation in fighting and airstrikes carried out by the coalition at the same time as the siege of Yemen continues.

“The declared ceasefire is deceitful and meant to mislead the world public opinion. If there were a serious intention and sheer willpower towards peace, the UN Security Council should have passed a formal resolution to stop the absurd war on Yemen and lift the unjust siege; rather it sufficed to a worthless statement in order to appease the [Saudi-led] alliance,” Abdul-Salam added.

On another level, the Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree said army troops and allied fighters from the Popular Committees had fought off three armed attacks launched by militiamen loyal to Yemen’s former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, in the central provinces of Ma’rib and Bayda.

Saree said in a brief statement that the mercenaries carried out two attacks against Yemeni army lines in the Qaniya district of Baydha, triggering hours of intense fighting in the area.

In parallel, he added that another group of the Saudi-paid militiamen attempted to attack Yemeni army troops and their allies in the Sirwah district of Ma’rib.