Houthi Prime Minister Mahdi al-Mashat said Friday that the group's 'siege for siege' campaign against Saudi Arabia will continue, rejecting the tripartite defense pact signed earlier today between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan. Mashat stated that the agreements are not retroactive, and that anyone who supports Saudi Arabia's 12-year blockade of Yemen is an aggressor. He invoked Yemeni law as governing the response to hostile states.
Mahdi al-Mashat, the Houthi movement's prime minister, issued a statement Friday evening rejecting the tripartite defense pact signed earlier today between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan. Mashat declared that the 'siege for siege' equation will continue until it achieves its goals, and that any party supporting Saudi Arabia's 12-year blockade of Yemen is an aggressor.
The statement comes hours after the signing of the 'Mecca Agreement' in Mecca, as The Zioneer reported earlier today. The pact formalizes a defense alliance between NATO's second-largest military (Turkey), the Gulf's leading economic power (Saudi Arabia), and the Muslim world's only nuclear-armed state (Pakistan). The agreement is viewed as a response to the Houthi maritime blockade and attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure.
The Houthi leadership has repeatedly threatened to sustain its campaign against Saudi Arabia. Last week, The Zioneer reported that Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi warned the struggle would continue, accusing Riyadh of maintaining a blockade and serving Zionist interests. Mashat's invocation of Yemeni law as governing responses to hostile states suggests the Houthis may consider further escalation against the new coalition's members, though no specific operational steps have been outlined.
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