Legitimacy Support Alliance: Continuing Operational Support for Yemeni Forces to End the Coup and Restore the State

The Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen confirmed on Sunday that the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition continues to provide full operational support to the Yemeni Armed Forces, standing with the legitimate Yemeni government and the Yemeni people to end the coup and restore the state and its national institutions to build Yemen’s future.

In a statement, Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki, the official spokesperson for the Coalition forces (Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen), said that the repeated attacks and practices carried out by the Houthi terrorist militia against the Yemeni people—including internal blockade, forced displacement, starvation, looting of resources and their diversion to what it calls the “war effort,” as well as insulting tribal elders and members, tearing the social fabric, terrorizing women, and recruiting children for its criminal project—constitute blatant violations that have caused long-lasting suffering for Yemenis.

He added that the Houthi terrorist militia’s attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its attempts to target the holy city of Mecca and the city of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in Medina, the deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure in several Saudi cities, as well as attempts to target Saudi vessels in the southern Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, necessitate the continuation of necessary measures to deter its hostile actions, thereby safeguarding the Kingdom’s security and sovereignty, as well as regional and international security.

He affirmed the Kingdom’s inherent right to defend its sovereignty and protect its security, and to take the necessary operational measures to deter the militia and halt its grave violations, in line with its national responsibility toward the Two Holy Mosques, its citizens, its national assets, and residents on its territory.

Brigadier General Al-Maliki stressed Saudi Arabia’s continued support for Yemen and its people until the state and its institutions are restored, the Houthi terrorist militia is eliminated, and its threat to freedom of maritime navigation in the southern Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait is ended, noting that this threat undermines regional and international security, jeopardizes freedom of navigation and international trade, strikes at the lifeline of the global economy, and affects regional and international security and the national interests of all countries.