says they intercepted two ballistic missiles fired from the houti's. who are the houti's? they are an iranian backed proxy that operates in yemen. they came to power in the 90s. they have launched at least 100 attacks using drones, anti-ship ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in december and over the course of the past couple of months. that is why so many shipping companies have opted to abort the red sea. that is why the u.s. set up a multinational force to try to protect shipping. now we have to see how it plays out. the u.s. has tried to avoid widening the conflict. it is the first time we have seen the u.s. fire upon and kill houti militants and sink their ships over the course of the past several months. the u.s. is trying to avoid widening this conflict, but of course it is not just up to the u.s. now we need to see what the houti's and what iran have planned over the course of the next few days and weeks. >> we certainly do. thank you. let's talk more about what this means. joining us now we have retired major general james spider marks. sir, what is your asses

situation in gaza, waste no time passing a resolution." denouncing the tactics being deployed by the houti against the occupation as they engaged endless tsunami against palestinians and the ironies are are are obvious for everyone to see, more to the point it strikes me is being very odd that nation can be targeted by simply military action against the belligerant nation, which is engaged quite clearly according to the view of most nations in the world, in carrying out a genocide against palestinians and carrying out all manner of war crimes against a massive civilian population, it's tent amount imagining what would have happened if the allies decided to any country. came to the aid of of jews and other people affected by the nazis during world war ii, um, it would have been unheard of, yet somehow the us and the uk without going to the united nations, without even getting a green light from parliament and congress respectively, are engaged in this belligerant military action against the houti, and of course completely misrepresenting what the he have been doing, it's being portrayed as

regarding the first part of your question about um what kind of retaliation we might expect from the houtioalition which enjoyed strong western backing, but i think that the latest operations reveal even more military expertise if you would like, the operation, for example, the more recent one, which targeted some american and british ships, this was very sophisticated attack which combined. between drones and missiles and by the way, it bears a lot of similarity to the methods employed by hazballah here in lebanon, so i think that the hitis do have the ability to launch a pretty strong attack, and it has to be pointed out that there will be lot of targets, um, these sea areas, the arabian sea, mandib, there are a lot of quite a lot of targets for the ansar law to choose from. so i do expect that there will be retaliation and it could very well be, it depends, it could very well be um a strong retaliation, on the other hand it might be a proportionate retaliation because the operation you saw last night or this morning actually ear very early this morning from the americans and from the br

task by the united nations court, and that is big, and of course the yemene people, especially the hoution mass you're trying to carpet bomb the people of of of gaza that this is intolerable and so any boat going by the yemen region that has some connection to israel uh will be stopped and now we've seen to the point where four houti boats uh trying to uh impose their view of justice a mancerk liner contain. ship that resulted in us helicopters killing 10 hooties in three boats, that is an act of war, so now the red sea is thoroughly in a conflagration of sorts with an act of war having taken place, of course the hootis were trying to stop that boat, we don't know exactly what the connection is with israel, but we can be sure that they did the research and now this creates a major problem for okay, stay with me, let me get christopher in on this discussion, i'll come back to that train of thought. well, christopher, uh, would you say that 2023 was the year that uh reality has come into focus and that the so-called democratic principles used by at these western regimes were exposed for th

houti noted, all actions taken by yemen's arm forces are within the framework of legitimate defense.n of the resolution will get a reaction, his comments came after the security council demanded and immediate end to yemeny attacks on ships in the red sea, urging the ansera movement to immediately stop all such attacks. in retaliation for us deadly attack on yemeni naval forces that took place last month, yemen's armed forces have carried out a joint military operation against an american ship in the red sea. the spokesman for the yemeny armed forces yah said the ship which was targeted with billist missiles and drones was supporting israel. the naval forces, the missile force and unarmed air force of the yemeni armed forces carried out the joint military operation with a large number of ballistic and naval miss. and drones, targeting an american ship that was providing support to designist entity. the operation came as initial response to the treacherous attack on our naval forces by the american enemy forces. on december 31st, 10 yemeni naval forces were killed in a us attack in the

board of the philadelphia line, uh, you have increased us military action against yemen, against the houtis in yemen, you have expansion uh with hamas, i mean if you're looking at this big picture, i know that you can see the neocons are are just sort of frothing at the mouth uh with glee, but where do you see this ending best and worst case scenarios? well, i think the first thing you have to conceed is that the basically neocon foreign policy or john mccain foreign policy uh is dominant in both the republic. and democratic parties, so that's a major source of where we have a problem here, the american people a majority of the american people are opposed. are opposed to both what's going on in gaza and what's going on in ukraine, but they don't have vote in the matter, and and joe biden has circumvented whatever limitations were put in place for sending weapons to these people, sending money to these people, and and providing political cover and support, and you better believe there are us boots on the ground in both israel and in ukraine right now, so that's been a lie. and biden uh said

the houties have killed nobody while disrupt disrupting shipping in the red sea, ships which were facilitatingwho do the us and the uk attack? no, they didn't attack the israeli regime because they supported the genocide. they attacked the hoodies instead, killing at least six people, so western powers are prepared to kill people to protect the movement of goods, but the same western powers killed thousands with sanctions in iran, in syria, in venezuela, preventing the movement of some goods. the hootis are showing solidarity with the palestinian people, just like south africa did in the hag, but sadly the you eu solidarity is with us empire and the zioniness. shame on the eu. news and brief at press tv: more palestinians are killed in the gaza strip as israel defies international calls to stop its months long deadly onslot on the... territory civilian population. 40 more people have lost their lives in the latest strikes on gaza city as well as the noosrat camp. islamic resistance of iraq says it has carried out a fresh attack on israeli targets in the occupied palestinian territories. in a s

a huge disruption should any point the baba mendeb by virtue of the houties. where the rebels in yemen will discuss them in a minute, should they decide somehow to control the flow of maritime traffic through here, huge disruption to the global economy. "the defeat in the hudeda operation had serious impact on the future strategy of abu dhabi and the yemen war. gradually, the uae decided to pull out its forces and complete its geopolitical and economic plans between the babel mondab straight and the arab sea. i think the gulf states and the uae understand very well that that's their future. um, and so military basing comes later, and with the kind of first training. with the piracy and now larger training efforts and of course than 2015 yemen, um, but these things have been building in, in gears that have been turning and widening in in scope, but the defeat was not the only reason that the uae evaded the military conflict with the ansrola. it was from that period that by changing the balance of power and after the yemani people got access to long-range strategic weapons, the emirate.

he has reversed the designation of the houties as a terrorist organization which threatened to cut offommitment, we are ending all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen, including relevant arm sales. despite macro plans, the support by western powers, topping them all, the us, and spending millions of dollars by the uae and saudi arabia, implement their goals, nine years after the start of the war in yemen, riyad and abu dhabi, have failed to completely implement their plots in the region. for example, as discussed in detail, the emirati government is eyeing the expansion of the ports in the south of yemen in order to turn them into international financial and transit hubs, but it hasn't yet. that inaugurated the developed ports in southern and western yemen. you can trace the reasons in the incident that happened on september 11th, 2021 in the almoka port. on that day, the southern transitional council leaders and forces under the command of tarik saleh established the newly developed almokaport with some uae officials in attendance and gradually start receivin

americans are targeting the houties, so the timing is of great important.t attacks have cleaned the lives of nearly 160 palestinians across gaza. the strikes at different areas, including the southern city of kaninus and the central city. israel has shifted its focus from gaza's devastated north to the southern states arafa and khanis lately. israel officials have announced the operations in southern gaza will soon enter a less intensive phase. the regime is facing growing international outcry over a soaring sividian death tool that has stopped 24,280. the un secretary general has called for immediate humanitarian cease fire in the gaza. describing the humanitarian situation there as beyond words and immediate fire is needed to ensure sufficient aid gets to those who need it. he warned that the traumatized people of gaza are facing the long shadow of starvation said vast majority of the un palestinian staff have been displaced or killed in more than three months of the israely genocide in gaza that is really honest lot is displaced roughly 85% of the... tow

he is reversed the designation of the houties as a terrorist organization which threatened to cut offstant policy of managing energy markets and controlling transit routes. this war have. has to end and to underscore our commitment, we are ending all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen, including relevant arm sales. despite macro plans, the support by western powers, topping them all, the us, and spending millions of dollars by the uae and saudi arabia implement their goals, nine years after the start of the war in yemen, riyad and abu dhabi have failed. to completely implement their plots in the region, for example, as discussed in detail, the... temarati government is eyeing the expansion of the ports in the south of yemen in order to turn them into international financial and transit hubs, but it hasn't yet inaugurated the developed ports in southern and western yemen. you can trace the reasons in the incident that happened on september 11th, 2021 in the almoka port. on that day, the southern transitional council leaders and forces under the command of tar

a huge disruption should any point, the babel mendeb, by virtue of the houties, who are the rebels in yemen, will discuss them in a minute, should they decide somehow to control the? of maritime traffic to here, huge disruptions to the global economy, the defeat in the huda operation had serious impact. on the future strategy of abu dhabi in the yemen war. gradually, the uae decided to pull out its forces and complete its geopolitical and economic plans between the babo mondab straight and the arab sea. i think the gulf states and the uae understand very well that that's their future. um, and so military basing comes later, and with the kind of first training with the piracy and now larger training efforts and of course then 2015. yemen, um, but these things have been building in, in gears that have been turning and widening in in scope, but the defeat was not the only reason that the uae evaded the military conflict with the anstrola. it was from that period that by changing the balance of power, and after the yemini people got access to long-range strategic weapons, the emirati lead

he has reversed the designation of the houties, as a terrorist organization which threatened to cut offe its constant policy of managing energy markets and controlling transit routes. this war has to end and to underscore our commitment. yemen, we are ending all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen, including relevant arm sales. despite macro plans, the support by western powers, topping them all, the us, and spending millions of dollars by the uae and saudi arabia implement their goals, nine years after the start of the war in yemen, riyad and abu dhabi have failed to completely implement their plots in the region. for example, as discussed in detail, the amarati government is eyeing the expansion. the ports in the south of yemen in order to turn them into international financial and transit hubs, but it hasn't yet inaugurated the developed ports in southern and western yemen. you can trace the reasons in the incident that happened on september 11th, 2021 in the almoka port. on that day, the southern transitional council leaders and forces under the command of

all of humanity has yemeni people with uh who we call in the west, the the houties, these forces of resistance, i mean this is a small country of only 30 million people, and to stand up... empire and their zionist underlings is extremely impressive and this is on the heels of over seven years of horrific uh us proxy war of using the saudies uh to really um wage a campaign of of starvation of horrific bombing uh against the yemeni people this was um horrific violence that we almost never learned about uh here in the united states and now they're doing this same thing to the palestinian people, the us has almost single-handedly destroyed iraq, destroyed syria through a covert dirty war, they've dismembered and destroyed uh libya, in a big part of the foreign policy establishment wants to iraqize or libize or syriize iran, one of the strongest uh countries in in the region and the spearhead of this axis of resistance which counts among its uh kadrey. "the yemenes, the iraqi militias, hezbollah, there's no question that israel wants every excuse, every pretext to continue bombing the daylights out

he has reversed the designation of the houties, as a terrorist organization which threatened to cut offnd and to underscore our commitment. yemen, we are ending all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen, including relevant arm sales. despite macro plans, the support by western powers, topping them all, the us, and spending millions of dollars by the uae and saudi arabia implement their goals, nine years after the start of the war in yemen, riyad and abu dhabi have failed to completely implement their plots in the region. for example, as discussed in detail, the amarati government is eyeing the expansion. the ports in the south of yemen in order to turn them into international financial and transit hubs, but it hasn't yet inaugurated the developed ports in southern and western yemen. you can trace the reasons in the incident that happened on september 11th, 2021 in the almoka port. on that day, the southern transitional council leaders and forces under the command of tarik sal established the newly developed almoka port with some uae officials in attendance and gr

francois, there are many who are yemen watches who are who monitor and follow the houties who say thison, so call us fire now. and then the positive branding, if you want to stop the hoothies doing what they're doing, then call you gen believe that the hoothies would would stop doing what they're doing, they have literally said that that's why they're doing what they're doing, they have not... previously block those roots for any other reason except this one, so yes, i do, and i also think the west needs to start to understand that you cannot just go around playing cowboys in the world, there are consequences to your actions, you cannot just go around bombing people's countries, ignoring international law and expect no repercussions, for every cause there is a consequence. more than 500 the children were killed during the conflict, what have they done wrong? being born in gaza is not the crime. more than year after the war was waged by the israeli regime on the gaza strip, and approximately year after the cairo donors conference was held for rebuilding gaza, the reconstruction project

he has reversed the designation of the houties as a terrorist organization which threatened to cut offrelevant arm sales. despite macro plans, the support by western powers, topping them all, the us, and spending millions of dollars by the uae and saudi arabia implement their goals, nine years after the start of the war in yemen, riyad and abu dhabi have failed to completely implement their plots in the region. for example, as discussed in detail, the amirati government is eyeing the expansion of the ports in the south of yemen. in order to turn them into international financial and transit hubs, but it hasn't yet inaugurated the develop ports in southern and western yemen. you can trace the reasons in the incident that happened on september 11th, 2021 in the almoka port. on that day, the southern transitional council leaders and forces under the command of tarik salih established the newly develop. developed almoka port with some uae officials in attendance and gradually start receiving shipping at the port. a few hours before the ceremony, the silos constructed at the port came under

what the us tried to portray, even the new york times reported after the first attack that much of houti's offensive ability remained intact after us let air strikes, saying identifying targets proved to be a chat. let's underline that last part, that it was a challenge. one of the intended targets of the us and the uk was the yemini army's ample supply of missiles. these are some of the types that they carry and their range. there's ample stock in their inventories of these missiles meaning they can continue their attacks for some time. as you can see qaher 1, zilzar 3, c802 and missiles, these are some of them, but to shoot yemani army's missiles down is not that easy, and it is very expensive. each munition used to shoot down the yemeny army missiles and drones costs between $1 to $4 million. that is definitely not a sustainable war war cost-wise. keep in mind shooting down these drones are not that easy either, so as you can see, a yemani drone can cost up to $20,000, well, what? while each missile that is used to shoot it down will cost $1 to $4 million. now us and uk strikes were not

even the new york times reported after the first attack that much of houti's offensive ability remained intact after us-let air strikes, saying identifying targets proved to be a challenge. let's underline that last part that it was a challenge. one of the intended targets of the us and the uk was the yemani army's ample supply of missiles. these are some of the types that they carry and their range. there's ample stock in their inventories of these missiles, meaning they can continue their attacks for some time. as you can see qaher 1, zelzal 3, c802, and tushka missiles. these are some of them, but to shoot yemeni army's missiles down is not. that easy and it is very expensive, each munition used to shoot down the emimini army missiles and drones costs between one to $4 million. that is definitely not a sustainable war war cost-wise. keep in mind shooting down these drones are not that easy either, so as you can see yemani drone can cost up to $20,000, well, while each missile that is used to shoot it down will cost $1 to $4 million. now us and uk strikes were not viewed favorably by

what the us tried to portray, even the new york times reported after the first attack that much of houti's offensive ability remained intact after us-let air strikes, saying identifying targets. proved to be a challenge, let's underline that last part, that it was a challenge. one of the intended targets of the us and the uk was the yemini army's ample supply of missiles. these are some of the types that they carry and their range. there's ample stock in their inventories of these missiles, meaning they can continue their attacks for some time. as you can see, qaher 1, zelzal 3, c80. two antishka missiles, these are some of them, but to shoot yemani army's missiles down is not that easy, and it is very expensive. each munition used to shoot down the yemini army missiles and drones costs between $1 to $4 million. that is definitely not a sustainable war war cost-wise. keep in mind shooting down these drones are not that easy either. so as you can see, a yemani drone can cost up to $20,000, will while each missile that is used to shoot it down will cost one to $4 million. now us and uk strik

al-houti said americans have a dark. of committing crimes against various peoples of the world and are known for their moral bankrupcy, the leader said what the palestinian people are subjected to, is unjust and destructive aggression in violation of all laws and norms. he lamented that the israely war machine committed over 20 massacres against palestinians in the past 100 days. well to be exact 104 days, it's been into this really us of war in the gaza strip and the regime continues with this carpet bombing campaign across the beseach territory. the total death though has now passed 24,600 with nearly 62,00 others wounded. israel has lately stepped up a strikes on the southern areas in the gaza strip. gaza's health ministry says the occupation has committed 15 massacers against families in the gaza strip, killing 172 people in a span of 24 hours. the ministry says the number of victims are still under the rubble and in blocked streets that ambulance screws and serve civil defense personnel cannot reach. this as communications and internet services are completely cut off in wide areas

going to be further instability. i think that it's possible that us naval ships will be targeted by the houti forces and as well, us uh, you know, military targets in iraq and syria are uh, there's open seas. on them now as well and that will escalate very likely. um, whether the us going to bomb again, i suspect so i think this is not going to be, they always starts by saying it's a limited strike uh with no boots on the ground and it always ends up with you more and more escalation and it's unfortunate because uh it's it's very clear now it's it's out in the open where in the past the us was using the saudi proxy uh they are now out doing it full force and we know now it's clear that it's for the sake. of israel. mr. anderson, do you think by this uh move the attack on yemeny cities? do you think uh, the us has opened another front? yes, they have. um, this of course is being done in the name of um, depending the israeli regime, which is currently on trial for genocide, as everyone knows in the international court of justice. it's arguable that the yemani armed forces are acting under their

what the us tried to portray, even the new york times reported after the first attack that much of houti's offensive ability remained intact after us-let air strikes since think identifying targets proved to be a challenge, let's underline that last part that it was a challenge. one of the intended targets of the us and the uk was the yemini army's ample supply of missiles. these are some of the types that they carry and their range. there's ample stock in their inventories of these missiles meaning they can continue their attacks for some time. as you can see, qaher 1. zelzal 3, c802 and tushka missiles, these are some of them, but to shoot yemani army's missiles down is not that easy, and it is very expensive, each munition used to to shoot down the emimini army missiles and drones costs between $1 to $4 million. that is definitely not a sustainable war war cost-wise. keep in mind shooting down these drones are not that easy either, so as you can see a yemani drone can cost up to $20,000, well while each missile that is used to shoot it down will cost one to $4 million. now us and uk str

unpredictable middle eastern conflict, despite winning popular control of most of the country, the houties are invariably described by the united states mainstream media as rebels. there is almost no discussion of the past decade of events which have seen the united states arm and direct a saudi arabia staffed invasion, blockade and horrific starvation of yemen. the by administration is carefully not using the word war yet, but they have launched at least eight rounds of air strikes on yemen, despite not getting united nations security council or even congressional approval. united states has always uh taken unilateral action uh with disregard to the international community, in that respect, this is nothing new. uh, we have to remember before the... "you know before october 7th and the genocide that israel unleashed, the humanitarian crisis in yemen was considered the worst in the world. um, and the united states wants to talk about respecting international waters, but it was a us itself that facilitated the siege on yemen, since 2015. yemen controls waterways which serve 12% of global tra

at this time where you know israel is launching aggressions whereby the americans are targeting the houtiesling. the latest attacks have claimed the lies. of nearly 160 people across gaza, they hit different areas, including the southern city of khan unis and the central city of deral bala. israel has shifted its focus from gaza's devastated north to the southern cities of rafa and khanunas lately. israel officials have announced the operations of sarangaza will soon enter a less intensive phase. the regime is facing growing international outcry over soaring civilian debt tool that has stopped 24,280. "the un secretary general has called for immediate humanitarian sease fire in the bassige gaza strip, describe the humanitarian situation there as beyond words. antonio guteris strips that immediate fire is needed to ensure sufficient aid gets to those who need it. he warned that the traumatized people of gaza are facing the long shadow of starvation. garter said that the vast majority of the un's palestinian staff have been displaced. or killed in more than three months of the genocide in gaz

even the new york times reported after the first attack that much of houti's offensive ability remained intact after us-let air strikes, saying identifying targets proved to be a challenge. let's underline that last part, that it was a... challenge: one of the intended targets of the us and the uk was the yemini army's ample supply of missiles. these are some of the types that they carry and their range. there's ample stock in their inventories of these missiles, meaning they can continue their attacks for some time. as you can see, qaher 1, zelzal 3, c802 and tushka missiles, these are some of them. but to shoot yemani army. missiles down is not that easy and it is very expensive. each munition used to shoot down the emimini army missiles and drones costs between $1 to $4 million. that is definitely not a sustainable war war cost-wise. keep in mind shooting down these drones are not that easy either. so as you can see yemani drone can cost up to $20,000 will while each missile that is used to shoot it down will cost one to four. million dollars. now us and uk strikes were not viewed fa

all of humanity has debt with the yemene people with who we call in the west, the the houties, these forces of resistance. "this is a small country of only 30 million people and to stand up empire and their zionist underlings is extremely impressive and this is on the heels of over seven years of horrific uh us proxy war of using the saudies uh to really um wage a campaign of of of starvation of horrific bombing uh against the yemeny people, this was um horrific violence that we almost never learn." about uh here in the united states and now they're doing the same thing to the palestinian people, the us has almost single-handedly destroyed iraq, destroyed syria through a covert dirty war, they've dismembered and destroyed libya, in a big part of the foreign policy establishment wants to iraqize or libyaize or syriize iran, one of the strongest countries in in the region, and the spearhead of this axis of resistance which counts among its uh kadre, the yemenese, the iraqi militias, hezbollah, there's no question that israel wants every excuse, every pretext to continue bombing the day

he says his goal is to protect the maritime roots. maritime movement wasn't in danger and the houties from others, they said we're not targeting the maritime movement. there are israeli ships or those ships heading to occupy palestine only, but we welcome all the... ships from all over the world to come and pass through the red sea, what the americans did, what will it lead to? first of all, the targeting of the israeli ships and the ships heading to occupied palestine will continue, and this is the least the minimum yemani response to the aggression, they announce this, i'm not announcing on their behalf, but what is more dangerous is that what the americans did in the red sea will damage the international maritime movement as whole, even the ships not heading the palestine, even the ships that are not israeli, even the ships that have nothing to do with this issue, when the red sea becomes a battlefield, and when there are missiles and drones and ships, this will be the situation, so if there's a 95% security for the international maritime ships in the red sea, now these arrogant st

would you remove all of these posts, please explain, because at the time yemen was not on yemen or the houties were not on america's terror list, they had actually been removed, the united states is now trying to rush and put them back on the list, but um i really didn't get any clarity and then three days later uh almost midnight on christmas eve, i noticed that my account, my instagram account had almost six million followers, i've been on instagram since like the first few months it launched over 10 years ago, my account started acting weird, i logged out and tried to log back in and saw that, i had been suspended about eight or nine days later, it you know i was basically told that i am banned from instagram uh... the meta hired outside attorneys, they very much hired a zionist law firm to oversee the case against me, and their outside counsil said something to my legal team that really shocked us, we kind of eight or nine different responses that we would get from that legal team, they responded in a way that none of us really expected, we thought the... in london and it's completely inde

yemani people even when they realize and they realize that they will not stop they what they call the houties from attacking the vessels in the red sea. they know that their attacks will never do anything to the international shipping. they keep telling the world that the yemeny attacks have nothing to do with the uh uh war on gaza, but the germany army has made it clear that if they want to maintain their interests in the region they have. to stop the war on gaza, they are completely linked, yeah, and that's that's a silly assertion, because uh, they, i mean did these attacks take place, were israely linked and israely bound ships targeted before october 7th, and have the yemenese, especially the answer, not specifically stated, once the siege on gaza and the genocide campaign ends, so will the attacks on us bound vessels, yes, you see, even through the nine years of war that the yemenis have been facing from the satellite coalition which was backed by washington and also the uk. yemenis have never attacked any ship in the red sea, they did nothing, but now they are doing this just to protec

houti attacks are disrupting global trade. these have been followed by airstrikes by the united states and united kingdom on hooti positions in yemen. the escalation is essential and all attacks on merchant and commercial vessels in the red sea must seiz immediately. meanwhile, there are almost daily attacks on facilities those in us and international coalition forces in iraq and syria. in response, united states has launched air strikes targeting. individuals and groups suspected of these actions. and in syria, air strikes that iran and syria have attributed to israel, have targeted officials of hamas and the islamic revolutionary guard corps of iran. i urge all parties to step back from the brink and to consider the horrendous human cost of a regional conflict. beyond the need for immediate descalation, each situation demands the implementation of a clear political road map that would... contribute to long-term regional stability. in syria, that is the un facilitated political solution in line with security council resolutio

making clear that um your problems, the problems with the you know the the militia with hamas, with the houties are to do with your support for israel and israel's denial of palestinian rights, it's your problem isn't with us, um, we may help you this this group or that group, but we're not a party to all these conflicts, in otherws exactly the... same argument that the americans make about ukraine, well we are not a party to the conflict, we may provide money, arms, training, but we're not a party to the conflict, but iran is saying that, and and saying, if however you do decide to take the war to iran, and that's possible if you listen to all these raving politicians in washington today like lindsay graham and roger w, roger wicker who want to bomb iran now, that could happen, but iran is saying, if you do that, if you try to bomb us, if you try to wage war against. we will act and uh and we will act very decisively and in all sorts of ways that will hurt the united states and uh its allies. and on that note appreciate you being with this george samley senior research fellow global policy ins

defeat palestinian resistance fighters in gaza and also the resistance in in in yemen as well, the houti fighters. yes, uh, i don't think there's any question that general solomani played that role uh in this particular regard uh, you might even argue that he is the so-called father of the axis of resistance, which basically uh, in in. incorporates uh a crescent uh that the uh that the united states and its zionist occupied government uh in the israeli government in the longer run will not be able to defeat uh car you clearly you have a situation that when you're talking about iran or the uh or the ongoing sustenence of the al-assad regime in syria where uh president putin has been extremely useful in allowing that sovereign government to stand uh all the way to these uh situations of course with uh uh with uh pro axiss of resistance forces in uh in iraq, i think they call themselves now the iraqi resistance front and it certainly has belong southern lebanon uh this is tough nut to crack uh for the uh for the united states and for israel uh with the kind of tactical sophistication of the

proves that uh even though they're not directly involved to certain extent they are because uh the houties the uh militias in in iraq, hisballah and hamas were not accessed if it wasn't for the support that they received from iran, so basically iran represents here the basically the dignity of the acts of acts of resistance towards israel, we see other countries like jordan, like egypt, and now even talking with about saudi arabia with normalization, it shows out not to be... really convinced of uh really getting involved in this war supporting the palestinians, but yet you always see uh uh iran as i said from day one uh expressing this support and as i said i was for a couple of years in in in lebanon and i got to to know pretty well from the inside hisbollah and basically hisbollah like hamas the tunnels the different strategies military. arily uh the usage of non-guided drones and missiles, if it wasn't for iran, it would not exist, sure, thank you for that uh, by the way, we don't refer them uh as uh militias, we refer them as fighters, just so we're clear on that, um, we're approachin

français, there are many who are yemen watches who are who monitor and follow the houties who say thishe palestinian cause that they're focused on, so call sease fire now, and then the positive branding, if you want to stop the hoothies doing what they're doing, then call us gen believes would would stop doing what they're doing, they have literally said that that's why the... doing what they're doing, they have not previously blocked those roots for any other reason except this one, so yes, i do, and i also think the west needs to start to understand that you cannot just go around playing cowboys in the world, there are consequences to your actions, you cannot just go around bombing people's countries, ignoring international law and expect no repercussions, for every cause there is a consequence. now entering its fourth day. we must not become part of south africa's problem, we must remain part of their solution, we must... not aim to impose ourselves, our solutions, our favorites in south africa, damn it, we have favorites in south africa, the favorites in south africa are the people

they've done so for years and they're also very interested in protecting shipping especially uh from houti so it really is this israel factor that determines uh the saudi arabian and and uae participation. the other half of your question really is whether the us is trying to divert attention from from gaza, um, i do think that the united states is very concerned about the situation on the ground in gaza, and more so than israel uh interested in containing the situation and reducing that conflict, um, not because the united states is... all that interested in uh supporting palestinian rights, um, but more because of the potential spillover effect uh on us interests in the region. this war in gaza has negative impact uh, not only for us presence in the middle east, but also us reputation internationally. the fact that the united states is not supporting a ceasefire has really cut into... uh perceptions of the united states as as a as an arbiter or even-handed um participant in these uh affairs especially in the global south. all right, it's interesting. when - guest says there, john feffer t

thing that i do want to comment is that we should stop calling them hootis, they're actually yemenis, houti is another sort of digression that the western media uses to say that it's a particular group in yemen, but it's actually the yemen people, the yemeni army, the... many forces which have from day one said that until the war stops in gaza, we shall not allow any shipment to go to israel, and they're living up to it, absolutely, and you now, i think the red sea has been appropriately named, it will become the red sea of the blood of the nato forces, if you like they go in that region, and of course that narrow waterway, which everyone talks about, the balbel mundeb is uh of course, an artery to virtually 10 to 15% of the trade passing through there through to swiss canal and coming into the middle east into into the mediterranean sea and going backwards and also you've got to remember that on the other side of the world, malaysia has also blockaded ships going through its waterway coming into the indian ocean from there, so effectively the zionist entity is being emasculated economicall

this and what happened also in mandab and the strike american strike and britain strike against the houti all this you know many many and many you experts were expecting a reply a respond a strike by iran, this strike is as i said, expected in signif at that time, and it's not the only strike, you know, i said today, the down payment, you know, and even the irani communication, you know, said is a partial partial respond. it's not and we have to expect more than reply from iran uh to respond to other other attack by enemy or the allies of the enemy of isis or that in syria everybody knows you know there is isis khurasan who were prepared and supported by the american and used to be sent to afghanistan. and from afghanistan to do uh to go to iran and to make a terrorism crimes, first and second, everybody knows the role of... the israeli and and the and the mussad station in arbild all this you know together uh i think it's normal expected and it's a letter military letter by fire letter by fire sent from iran okay to america to the israelis and also you know to everybody who support isis

what the us tried to portray, even the new york times reported after the first attack that much of houti's offensive ability remained intact after us let air strikes, saying identifying... targets proved to be a challenge, let's underline that last part, that it was a challenge. one of the intended targets of the us and the uk was the yemini army's ample supply of missiles. these are some of the types that they carry and their range. there's ample stock in their inventories of these missiles, meaning they can continue their attacks for some time. as you can see, qaher 1, zelzal th, 802 antishka missiles, these are some of them, but to shoot yemani army's missiles down is not that easy, and it is very expensive, each munition used to shoot down the yemeny army missiles and drones costs between 1 to 4 million dollars, that is definitely not a sustainable war war cost-wise. keep in mind, shooting down these drones are not that easy either, so as you can see, a yemani drone can cost up to $2000. will while each missile that is used to shoot it down will cost one to $4 million. now us and uk st

that i do want to comment is that we should stop calling them hooties they're actually yemenis yes houti is another sort of digression that the western media uses to say that it's a particular group in yemen but it's actually the yemen people the yemeni army many forces which have from day one said that until the war stops in gaza, we shall not allow any shipment to go to israel, and they living up to it, absolutely, and you now, i think the red sea has been appropriately named, it will become the red sea of the blood of the nato forces, if you like they go in that region, and of course that narrow waterway, which everyone talks about, the balbon mundeb is uh of course... an artery to virtually 10 to 15% of the trade passing through there through to swiss canal and coming into the middle east into into the mediterranean sea and going backwards and also you've got to remember that on the other side of the world, malaysia has also blockaded ships going through its waterway coming into the indian ocean from there, so effectively the zionist entity is being emasculated economically. "and the

-led strikes against houti targets in yemen? how will that affect the litant groups moving forward in your view? >> well, the houthis have surviveed intense air strikes from the saudis and amradis and they survived that and emerged stronger than before. so air strikes might neutral lies the houthi threat shipping but that will be temporarily. >> what impact will these air strikes have? >> they are concerned about these air strikes because they lived the horrors of air strikes for eight years. and these air strikes caused a lot of civilian casualties a lot of destruction but also they made the houthis stronger. so yemenies don't want to go through another episode of air strikes that only benefit the houthies at the expense of the yemenies. houthis are extremely unpopular. but they're using the gaza war and the war with israel and america, that they're at war with israel and america, they're using that to oppress the population and silence critic. they're using that to send their children to indoctrination camps, to recruit childr

then movement's leader abdul malik al-houti says any targeting of yemen by the us and its allies will not go unanswered. he reiterated that freedom and safety of navigation. the red sea is not at risk by yemen, he said sana only targets ships that are owned by or linked to israel. and iraq's resistance fighters carry out fresh attacks on two military bases, housing occupying american troops in the country and neighboring syria. the islamic resistance in iraq says the attacks targeted a us base near birbil in the iraqi kurdistan region and another base in syria's northeast. and give rise to the breaches of the convention is adila has seem to address the court, you have the floor, madam, south africa contends: that israel has transgressed article two of the convention by committing actions that fall within the definition of genocide. the actions show a systematic pattern of conduct from which genocide can be inferred.