Yemen Governing Body: Situation Under Control in Sana’a

In a statement released on Saturday, the council’s head Saleh Ali al-Sammad called on all the Yemeni people, political parties and tribes to exercise patience, counteract any act of aggression, and not contribute to the “conspiracies” meant to stoke tensions, presstv reported.

“The security services continue their efforts to enhance security and stability, and all those who try to destabilize the security are being dealt with seriously,” Sammad said.

Preserving public tranquility and safety in Sana’a, which has become a symbol of the Yemenis’ dignity, is a strategic issue for Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, he added.

The Yemeni official also urged the “wise” Yemeni citizens to cooperate with the national and political forces on maintaining the country’s stability.

He further expressed deep regret over recent developments in Yemen, which exacerbated people’s suffering from a Saudi-led military aggression and siege.

“All figures, wise people and all citizens must exercise the highest degree of responsibility and discipline and bear the responsibility during the current stage to spare the country the scourge of strife and conflict,” he concluded.

Speaking in a televised speech on Saturday, Saleh whose forces were allied with the Ansarullah fighters against Saudi Arabia made an overture to the alliance, which is waging a deadly war on the impoverished nation since March 2015.

Saleh stressed that he is open to talks with Saudi Arabia and ready to “turn the page” if Riyadh and its allies lift a blockade and halt airstrikes on Yemen.

Ansarullah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi described Saleh’s stance as a “betrayal” and stressed that the former president must reassess his policies that are favored by Yemen’s enemies.

Forces loyal to Saleh “continue to move toward chaos and disturbance of security and stability” in the Arab country, he said, describing the former president’s move as a “coup” against the Yemeni alliance.

“We must continue to support the fighting fronts because this plot is the last card of the forces of aggression, through which they seek to facilitate their occupation of our country,” Houthi pointed out.

Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen since March 2015 to restore power to fugitive president Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 15,000 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.

Despite Riyadh’s claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

According to several reports, the Saudi-led air campaign against Yemen has driven the impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster, as Saudi Arabia’s deadly campaign prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country.

The cholera outbreak in Yemen which began in April, has also claimed over 2,200 lives and has infected 900,000, as the nation has been suffering from what the World Health Organization (WHO) describes as the “largest epidemic in the world” amid a non-stop bombing campaign led by Saudi Arabia. Also Riyadh’s deadly campaign prevented the patients from traveling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country.

According to reports, the cholera epidemic in Yemen, which is the subject of a Saudi Arabian war and total embargo, is the largest recorded in modern history.

Meanwhile, the United Nations has described the current level of hunger in Yemen as “unprecedented,” emphasizing that 17 million people are now food insecure in the country.

It added that 6.8 million, meaning almost one in four people, do not have enough food and rely entirely on external assistance.

A recent survey showed that almost one third of families have gaps in their diets, and hardly ever consume foods like pulses, vegetables, fruit, dairy products or meat.

More than 3 million pregnant and nursing women and children under 5 need support to prevent or cure malnutrition.