Mohammed Al-Farah, a member of the political bureau of the Houthi Ansar Allah group in Yemen, addressed a new message to the Egyptians, in which he questioned the position of Saudi Arabia and the Houthis if Egypt were to be subjected to direct Israeli aggression.
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Al-Farah wrote on his account on the "X" platform: "A message to the Egyptian people: When you are subjected to direct Israeli aggression, where will Riyadh stand? And where will Sana'a stand?"
The message comes in the wake of Egyptian moves to support Saudi Arabia, as the National Defense Council, headed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, affirmed its full solidarity with the Kingdom and decided to provide all necessary and possible forms of support to defend its security, stability and territorial integrity, in parallel with intensifying political and diplomatic efforts to reduce escalation.
In a new message, a member of the political bureau of the Ansar Allah group said, "Whoever has a surplus of power among the Arabs and Muslims, let him employ it in bringing food, medicine and tents into Gaza. We do not say let him fight the Zionists with it, but let him use it on the humanitarian side to save those under siege."
The Houthi leader added in his message that "the Saudi regime is neither weak nor oppressed, so that major Islamic regimes would rush to support and protect it; rather, it is a criminal regime founded on bloodshed," as he described it.
He concluded his message by accusing Saudi Arabia of being "employed to serve the American and Zionist projects in the region," saying that "it is enough for them to kill millions of civilians in Yemen through hunger, disease, siege, and airstrikes."
Sisi had announced Egypt’s readiness to take the necessary measures to support Saudi Arabia if the Kingdom requested it, calling on the House of Representatives to discuss the necessary authorization for any possible military action, in light of the escalating attacks targeting Saudi territory and its vital facilities.
Al-Farah had previously criticized Sisi’s statements regarding readiness to defend Saudi Arabia , recalling the Egyptian army’s intervention in Yemen during the era of the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser. He also accused Cairo of distancing itself from the mediating role that he said the Yemenis had hoped it would play in the crisis.
Egyptian military intervention in Yemen dates back to the 1960s, when Egyptian forces participated in supporting the republicans during the Yemeni civil war following the 1962 revolution, against the royalist forces supported by Saudi Arabia at the time. The campaign lasted for years and constituted one of the most prominent stages of the regional conflict between Cairo and Riyadh at that stage.
The current developments come amid renewed clashes between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, including attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and energy infrastructure, raising fears of an escalation of the conflict and its repercussions for the security of the Gulf and the Red Sea.