A spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces said on the eighth anniversary of the aggression of the Saudi coalition that there was no setback and that the Yemeni people would maintain their gains.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency International group, the spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Yahya Sari, told a news conference on Monday that the Yemeni people are still standing after seven years of aggression by the Saudi-Emirati coalition, and that this is a historic achievement.
Al-Masira news network reported, quoting Sari, The Yemeni people will maintain their achievements and there will be no setbacks. The press conference was held to mark the eighth anniversary of the Saudi coalition’s invasion of Yemen.
He noted that thousands of bombs had been dropped on Yemeni villages and towns over the past seven years, and that tens of thousands of Yemenis had been killed and wounded.
Sari stated that to date, 274,243 attacks have been recorded by the Saudi coalition in Yemen, adding that the aggressor coalition has also used banned weapons over the past seven years.
“The killings of the aggressor coalition against the Yemeni people will not be forgotten,” he said: “The enemy that claims peace and preservation in Yemen has been seeking the disintegration and destruction of our country for more than seven years.”
Pointing out that the enemies of Yemen must stop interfering in the internal affairs of the country, he clarified that the Yemeni forces have carried out more than 13,000 military operations, including offensive, defensive operations and repelling enemy attacks.
Stating that Yemeni forces have carried out dozens of military operations against the aggressor coalition, Sari said: “One of the most important operations we carried out in the depths of the aggressor countries was the balance of deterrence, the Yemeni storm and the defeat of the siege.”
Pointing out that more than 10,000 Saudi soldiers and more than 1,200 Emirati soldiers were killed during the operation by Yemeni forces, he added: “More than 253,000 traitors and hypocrites have been killed and injured in the last seven years.”
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A spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces said that more than 17,000 warships had destroyed military equipment, including personnel carriers and tanks, adding that Yemeni forces had looted hundreds of armored vehicles and heavy, semi-heavy and light weapons over the past seven years.
Sari further referred to the missile power of the Yemeni forces and the development of this technology and said: “Missile power is 100% based on Yemeni capability. The [Yemeni] missile unit carried out 1,826 operations, of which 1,237 targeted enemy bases inside Yemen and 589 were fired deep into Saudi Arabia and the UAE.”
He also clarified about the drone power of Yemen: “The drone unit carried out 2,176 operations inside Yemen and 953 operations deep inside the aggressor countries. In recent years, the drone unit has expanded its reconnaissance operations to cover all Saudi and UAE territories.”
Sari also mentioned about the country’s navy: “The Navy and the Coast Guard have carried out 35 operations, the most important of which are targeting the Saudi-affiliated warships Al-Madinah and Dammam and the UAE-owned warship Swift.
A Yemeni armed forces spokesman said that the Yemeni artillery unit had carried out 85,634 operations, adding that Yemeni snipers had killed 941 Saudi officers and soldiers and 1,127 Sudanese mercenaries.
He concluded by stating that the Yemeni forces will use new weapons in the next phase: “The enemy must expect to see new operations based on new target banks, including the capitals of the aggressor countries and their most important centers.
Saudi Arabia, at the head of an Arab coalition backed by the United States, has launched a military aggression against Yemen and imposed a land, air and sea blockade on April 26, 2015, claiming that it was trying to bring the resigned Yemeni president back to power.
The military aggression did not achieve any of the goals of the Saudi coalition and was only accompanied by the killing and wounding of tens of thousands of Yemenis, the displacement of millions, the destruction of the country’s infrastructure and the spread of famine and infectious diseases.