“The United States and Great Britain must prepare to pay a high price and bear the heavy consequences of this aggression. » A few hours after the American-British strikes targeting the rebels in Yemen, Hussein Al-Ezzi, the deputy foreign minister of the Houthis did not mince his deaths, making no secret of his intention to retaliate.
Furious, Hamas warned that this “blatant aggression” will have “repercussions on regional security”. For its part, Russia castigated this operation with “destructive objectives” which, according to it, risks leading to an “escalation” of violence. This is a “new example of the distortion by the Anglo-Saxons of UN Security Council resolutions and a total disregard for international law”, further condemns the Kremlin, describing these strikes as “ illegitimate.”
China “concerned”
Iran also stepped up to denounce an “arbitrary action” and a “flagrant violation of the sovereignty” of Yemen. From there to fear an expansion of the conflict? This is what China fears, which said it was “concerned”.
This Friday, she urged “the parties concerned to exercise restraint”, as did Saudi Arabia, which declared that it was following recent events “with great concern”.
If France demanded an end to the attacks, specifying that the Houthis bore “extremely heavy responsibility for the regional escalation”, NATO considered, for its part, that the American-British air strikes were “defensive” and “ aimed to preserve freedom of navigation in one of the most important sea lanes in the world.” “The Houthi attacks must end,” insisted Dylan White, spokesperson for the Alliance.