Sayyed al-Houthi: Yemen Did Not Fall Under America’s War of Enslavement
Yemeni Leader Says the Ongoing Aggression Against Yemen Is Among the Greatest Injustices on Earth and Part of a US–Zionist Project
Yemen | PUREWILAYAH.COM — Yemeni Leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi has declared that the suffering of the Yemeni people represents one of the greatest ongoing oppressions in the world today, stressing that it is not accidental, nor internal, but the result of a deliberate and externally engineered war.
Speaking on January 22, 2026, on the anniversary of the martyrdom of President Saleh Ali al-Sammad, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi stated that every aspect of life in Yemen has been marked by a sustained campaign of aggression designed to subjugate the country and break the will of its people.
An Aggression Designed in Washington
Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi explained that the war on Yemen is fundamentally an American aggression, engineered through a Zionist framework and carried out under American, British, and Israeli supervision, with the Saudi regime acting as the primary executor.
He emphasized that the aggression was announced from the United States itself before it was declared from Riyadh, leaving no doubt about who directs and manages the war.
According to the Yemeni Leader, the objective from the very beginning was clear: to turn Yemen into a fully occupied country and its people into an enslaved nation.
Mass Killing as a Deliberate Strategy
The Yemeni Leader described mass killing as a central and systematic method of the aggression. From the first airstrikes, indiscriminate targeting was employed against the Yemeni population.
Civilians were targeted everywhere—cities and villages, roads, mosques, markets, schools, hospitals, and residential neighborhoods—with children and women among the first victims.
Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi stressed that this was not incidental damage, but a deliberate strategy aimed at terrorizing society and destroying its foundations.
The Destruction of Life and Livelihoods
Beyond the killings, the aggression sought to destroy life itself. Thousands of homes were demolished, infrastructure shattered, and schools and hospitals deliberately targeted. Even shelters for the blind, mosques, historical landmarks, cemeteries, and sources of livelihood were struck.
Alongside the bombardment came a comprehensive siege and economic war. Yemen’s sovereign oil wealth was seized, ports and airports shut down, and food, medicine, and fuel deliberately blocked. These measures imposed unbearable costs on daily life and were designed to strangle the population into submission.
Large areas of Yemen remain under occupation to this day, confirming, as Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi stated, that the war’s goal was occupation and domination, not peace.
Why Yemen Did Not Fall
Despite the scale of the aggression, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi affirmed that Yemen did not collapse. He attributed this resilience to God’s grace, divine support, and the sacrifices of Yemen’s free people.
Faith-based steadfastness, awareness, and refusal to surrender preserved the country. Without these elements, he said, Yemen would today be among the fully occupied and subjugated nations. (PW)