Yemen’s Defense Minister Major General Mohammed Nasser al-Atifi says the armed forces have become a “formidable power” amid the ongoing aggression by the United States and Britain, asserting that the Yemeni forces are now “difficult to defeat”.
In a statement released on Monday, Atifi said Yemen “possess vast and significant capabilities and surprises in military manufacturing and war production that will astonish the enemy and reassure our allies.”
"The armed forces have established a qualitative industrial base and are steadily advancing in this direction, with doors to success wide open."
The United States and the UK resorted to heavy offensive naval buildup off Yemen’s coastline, and escalated attacks on the Arab Peninsula country to try to stop its pro-Palestinian strikes.
Sana’a has been responding to the intensified attacks by targeting American warships, and enhancing its preparedness to take on the naval assets.
The Yemeni minister further said the Yemeni forces were now "capable of achieving major victories not only for Yemen but also for the vital causes of the Ummah."
The minister affirmed that Yemen's supportive stance toward the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip will remain steadfast despite US-Israeli aggression.
"Yemen’s steadfast position in support of the Palestinian people will remain unchanged, no matter the risks faced by our steadfast Yemeni people."
The statement also denounced Arab stances toward the great injustice against the Palestinian people by the US-backed Israeli regime.
Atifi said the Yemeni people "cannot stand silent or neutral" in the face of the destructive chaos and the fires of Zionist ambitions that have spread throughout the region.
Elsewhere in the statement, Atifi hailed the role of strong leadership of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi in confronting aggression by the US and its allies across the West Asia region.
"Yemen, with its armed forces and strong backing from the Leader of the Revolution, now possesses a multi-purpose military arsenal."
The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement said in a televised speech on Thursday stated that there is no justification for US strikes against Yemen. Houthi said the US launched the onslaught against our country at the same time as the Gaza genocidal war to support the Zionist regime began.
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