Sheikh Naim Qassem:

Saudis to suffer more losses if battle last longer

Rasa - Sheikh Naim Qassem siad: "We have seen the heavy losses inflicted upon Saudi in Yemen," adding that "As long as the battle lasts, the Saudi will suffer more losses."

News ID: 2403

Date: 26 April 2015 - 13:16

RNA - Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, said during a Hezbollah ceremony in Beirut Friday that Saudi Arabia’s “Restoring Hope” operation is an attempt by Riyadh to wage another sort of war against the Yemeni people.Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem.

“We have seen the heavy losses inflicted upon Saudi in Yemen, where Ansarullah (revolutionaries), the Yemeni army and the popular committees are controlling most of the territory in Yemen, as well as Aden…,” Sheikh Qassem said.

“As long as the battle lasts, the Saudi will suffer more losses,” Hezbollah’s deputy S.G. warned.

Meanwhile, Sheikh Qassem stressed that the political solution is the right path.

“Leave Yemen for its people, or else what is the difference between the Israeli aggression against Gaza civilians and the Saudi aggression against Yemen civilians.”

His eminence addressed the Arab states taking part in the attack on Yemen as saying: “Today, Israel threatens the entire Arab world. Where is your support? Where are your warplanes? Where is your dignity?”

Saudi Arabia launched its air campaign against Yemen on March 26 - without a United Nations mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

On April 21, Riyadh announced the end of the first phase of its unlawful military operation, which has claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 people, but airstrikes have continued with Saudi bombers targeting different areas across the country.

According to Yemen’s Health Ministry, the month-long Saudi aggression has killed nearly 150 children and around 100 women.

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