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00:00:00the denial. Firstly, the Houthis did not deny
00:00:16work on a mechanism,
00:00:22has drawn many
00:00:24the violations
00:00:27internally and externally.
00:00:47the Houthis launched to target Mecca and its defenses intercepted it
00:00:51It is a march against the Qur'an south of the city, brought to the forefront a file
00:00:55that extends beyond the limits of the recent incident to a record
00:00:58of violations
00:01:00you rely on for against mosques and places of worship in Yemen. The Yemeni
00:01:03Network for Rights and Freedoms states
00:01:06at the local that it has documented, since the beginning of 2015 until August 2026,
00:01:104896
00:01:13violations in
00:01:16militias that 14 governorates, including bombing, shelling,
00:01:20we reject the attack on the Kingdom, and storming mosques, closing As for us, Qur'an memorization schools, and imposing imams
00:01:25because in the end, we and preachers. These figures challenge the rhetoric of a group that describes its project
00:01:29as the "Qur'anic march," raising the slogan of supporting Jerusalem
00:01:32in the test of practice on the ground. So, is what
00:01:35happened towards Mecca an isolated incident or
00:01:39through the efforts of the network and the efforts of a number an extension of a path that began from within Yemen? And how
00:01:42is the contradiction between religious discourse and behavior interpreted? And where does
00:01:46the sanctity of Yemeni blood stand from
00:01:49the concept of sanctities? We discuss this and more
00:01:54this statement and the statements call or come to the person in in our coverage tonight with our esteemed guests. And I welcome Dr. Yasser Al-Najjar, member of the Coordination Committee of Yemeni Scholars
00:01:58and Preachers, member of the National Dialogue
00:02:16deal with this
00:02:18Following in the footsteps of the ancient Qaramita,
00:02:21regarding the motives the new Qaramita proceeded to target the Two Holy Mosques, the Qibla of Muslims and their holiest
00:02:25Islamic sites, for the third time in a row since
00:02:28nearly a decade. The Houthi terrorist militia
00:02:32targeted the Grand Mosque in Mecca with a drone that was intercepted by the Saudi
00:02:35air defense before entering the restricted airspace of the holy
00:02:39capital. This was the third Houthi attempt to target Mecca,
00:02:42after launching a ballistic missile towards it in
00:02:47without even us in October 2016, and in July 2017. The incident
00:02:51longer limited to Yemen and its mosques, of targeting Mecca by the Houthis sparked widespread Arab
00:02:55and Islamic anger, and statements of condemnation were issued
00:02:59by all Arab and Islamic organizations and bodies,
00:03:02and government institutions. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Muslim
00:03:06World League, Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the Yemeni House of
00:03:09Representatives, and the Association of Yemeni
00:03:12the slogan of supporting Palestine Scholars condemned what they described as Houthi attacks on Mecca and the region of
00:03:16Medina, considering that endangering the holy
00:03:19sites constitutes
00:03:21with their war, whether against a violation of their sanctity and an incitement to the feelings
00:03:24of Muslims. Several Arab and Islamic countries
00:03:29what the Houthis are doing also condemned the incident. In the face of this
00:03:31to Yemenis with what the Zionists Islamic anger at the Houthis' targeting
00:03:37that what the Houthis are doing to and severe crimes of Islamic holy sites and an attempt to distance suspicion from them and improve their image,
00:03:40and better than what the Jews are doing Just as the Jews said about a Houthi spokesman accused Saudi Arabia, regimes, rulers,
00:03:43the unlettered," the Houthis personalities, organizations, and Islamic bodies like Al-Azhar
00:03:46and others who supported their accusation of targeting the Two Holy Mosques
00:03:49the Yemeni people, planting mines in of engaging in what
00:03:53and send he described as a takfiri path. Targeting the holy sites of Muslims,
00:03:55their mosques, Qur'an memorization schools, and government schools,
00:03:58as an educational and enlightened incubator, is a Houthi Imami
00:04:03the Sunni Muslim Palestinian ideology that has been practiced by the Imamate since ancient times, and the Houthi
00:04:08shot down? militia consistently follows it, from the Qaramita and the old Imamate
00:04:12to the Qaramita and the new Imamate. In a report issued
00:04:15in 2025, the Yemeni Network for Rights
00:04:19and Freedoms stated that it documented
00:04:224560 violations and crimes
00:04:26and weakness against mosques, places of worship, and religious scholars in 14
00:04:29governorates between January and June 2025,
00:04:32including 200 cases of shelling and 52
00:04:36cases of arson, and 351 cases of
00:04:39storming and looting, in addition to 467
00:04:44coup against cases of closing Qur'an memorization schools. From Sana'a to Taiz, and from
00:04:48and its aggression against our neighbors in mosques and Qur'an centers to the Two Holy Mosques within the Kingdom,
00:04:51questions are constantly raised about the relationship between the Houthi religious
00:04:54slogan and their political and military practice.
00:04:57The battle may start with a missile
00:05:00and their money lawful. or a drone, but when it reaches
00:05:02we will continue this
00:05:03premise, they are the holy sites, it becomes a battle over religion itself,
00:05:06necessitating the mobilization of all Muslims
00:05:10to protect their faith and holy sites.
00:05:25So, dear viewers, the attempt to target Mecca
00:05:29by the Houthi terrorist militia
00:05:31الارهابيه
00:05:35condemnations, including a condemnation
00:05:38from the Association of Yemeni Scholars for this
00:05:42attempt by the Houthi militia to target
00:05:46Mecca. So, let me start with Dr. Yasser Al-Najjar, member of the Coordination Committee of Yemeni Scholars
00:05:50and Preachers, member of the National Dialogue Conference.
00:05:53You issued this condemnation in the Association of Yemeni
00:05:56Scholars. Why was this
00:06:14says in His Holy Book: "Indeed, the first
00:06:17House established for mankind was that at Makkah, blessed."
00:06:20So the blessed House, the Ancient
00:06:23House, attacking
00:06:26it is a provocation,
00:06:29a provocation to the feelings of more
00:06:32than one and a half billion Muslims. It is the Qibla
00:06:36of Muslims. It is the place where the hearts of
00:06:40Muslims yearn. It is the place where
00:06:43you feel the unity of Muslims when you stand
00:06:46praying in the Haram, and next to
00:06:49you is a man from the furthest West, who might
00:06:52be an American Muslim, and another from
00:06:56the furthest East, from China, a Muslim.
00:06:59The Haram is the place that embodies Islamic
00:07:03unity on the basis of the Book of Allah, the Almighty. So, as
00:07:06I said, it is perhaps a provocative act
00:07:09for all Muslims, with all their
00:07:13categories and societies.
00:07:15Let's
00:07:18in the past few hours was the release
00:07:22of a report by the Yemeni
00:07:25Network for Rights and Freedoms, which has perhaps shocking figures, and this may
00:07:28also be documented within the violations
00:07:31that this network may document.
00:07:34And I now welcome our guest via
00:07:37phone, Amat Al-Rahman Al-Matari, the Secretary-General of the Yemeni Network
00:07:59from Arab and Islamic
00:08:02countries, as well as Yemeni
00:08:05condemnations, for this attempt. What does
00:08:08the threat to Mecca and holy sites impose
00:08:12in terms of a legitimate stance that transcends political and military considerations?
00:08:16Yes, let's say
00:08:18first that the Houthi terrorist
00:08:21group, by this act, has committed
00:08:25a grave sin. Allah, the Almighty, says in His Holy
00:08:27Book about His Sacred House: "And whoever
00:08:31intends therein [to deviate] with wrongdoing,
00:08:34We will make him taste a painful punishment." Some
00:08:38scholars said, "And whoever intends," meaning whoever intends only,
00:08:41even if he is in distant lands, to deviate,
00:08:45meaning to commit any act contrary
00:08:48to Islamic law in Mecca,
00:08:51Allah Almighty threatens him with a painful punishment.
00:08:55"And whoever intends therein [to deviate] with wrongdoing,
00:08:58We will make him taste a painful punishment."
00:09:00How about those who dare
00:09:05a drone, as happened on September 15, of this year
00:09:092026, and as happened on July 27,
00:09:122017,
00:09:16when they sent a ballistic
00:09:17missile and it was
00:09:21This daring only indicates a lack
00:09:25of reverence for the rituals of Allah Almighty,
00:09:29and it indicates that the motive
00:09:31for this group
00:09:35stems from emptiness
00:09:38in faith, in addition to disrespect
00:09:43for Islamic holy sites.
00:09:47And therefore,
00:09:49the issue has moved
00:09:52from being a Houthi
00:09:56the legitimate Yemeni government
00:10:01the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
00:10:03to hostility towards the Islamic world. Yes, which
00:10:06makes it necessary and obligatory
00:10:10legally for every capable Muslim
00:10:14to defend Mecca. The two holy mosques
00:10:17are under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
00:10:21which is a strong state and has a strong army.
00:10:25We commend its defense system that shot down all these drones
00:10:28and missiles. And they have
00:10:31the capability to defend the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its leadership,
00:10:34people, and government. They are
00:10:37noble tribes. But despite
00:10:40that, all Muslims are willing
00:10:44to sacrifice their lives for the House of Allah. Yes, so
00:10:49of the Houthi militia continue
00:10:52And let us at this moment highlight the figures documented
00:10:55by the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms. And at this moment, we welcome again
00:10:59Amat Al-Matari. Welcome, Mrs. Amat
00:11:07your latest report documents about
00:11:115,000 incidents of violations, specifically
00:11:134,896 violations in 14
00:11:17governorates over more than 11 years. What
00:11:20does this number include, and what methodology did
00:11:25documentation and verification?
00:11:28Of course, this indicates that these Houthi militias
00:11:32are continuing their violations
00:11:34to a very large extent, and this indicates
00:11:37that they are terrorist
00:11:41thrive only on blood
00:11:43and violations.
00:11:45I wanted to remind you, my dear
00:11:48brother, of what these Houthi
00:11:52militias have committed in terms of crimes against places
00:11:55of worship and Qur'an memorization centers.
00:11:59The policy of these Houthi militias
00:12:02began, first and foremost, with the Dammaj war, it began
00:12:05with targeting mosques and Qur'an centers.
00:12:26Mosques, also 52 arsons,
00:12:302011, 103
00:12:34bombings, looting of mosques,
00:12:37341 mosque incursions
00:12:39and looting. More than
00:12:43219 mosques were used as centers
00:12:46for their sectarian and racist
00:12:48mobilization.
00:12:50And also, they displaced, abducted,
00:12:53tortured, and arrested imams of mosques. Okay, regarding
00:12:57these figures, they are very huge figures,
00:13:00Madam Amat Al-Rahman. Do these incidents
00:13:04and figures reveal events related to the war, or is it a pattern
00:13:08of deliberate targeting by these
00:13:10militias? Of course, it is not strange
00:13:14for these militias to be systematic and that support comes
00:13:18to them and orders the Iranian project, and their
00:13:22goal is a project. It is not
00:13:25theirs, they are coerced, not free to choose.
00:13:29Therefore, you find them pushing the children
00:13:32of the Yemeni people to the fighting fronts, without caring about the number
00:13:36of casualties on these fronts. They recruit a large number of children
00:13:40and humiliate and starve Yemenis,
00:13:44and they provoke the world
00:13:46ships or neighboring countries or
00:13:50otherwise, and they do not care about what happens to the Yemeni
00:13:53people. They have besieged and starved the children of the Yemeni people,
00:13:56committed the most heinous
00:13:59of violations, arrests, killings,
00:14:02and abductions.
00:14:05Blowing up houses, blowing up places
00:14:08of worship, cutting salaries,
00:14:11besieging the children of
00:14:14schools and farms and residential areas.
00:14:18These militias are criminal militias that
00:14:22cannot be subdued
00:14:25or initiate
00:14:28peace. Of course, as we mentioned,
00:14:31they follow the Iranian project
00:14:35and try to achieve the goals of the Iranian project in the region. But the Yemeni people realize very well that
00:14:39these militias came to destroy Yemen, and now
00:14:42we would like to point out that the Yemeni people in areas
00:14:46under Houthi control are waiting
00:14:49for the arrival of legitimacy and liberation from these Houthi
00:14:52militias with great eagerness. They long
00:14:56for the state, for institutions,
00:14:59for law. Everyone who is not in the prisons of
00:15:03these Houthis lives in a prison in these
00:15:06areas that they control.
00:15:14Rahman, it talks about converting 423 mosques
00:15:18into military barracks and 61 into operations rooms
00:15:21and weapons depots. How did you verify these figures?
00:15:25And are these mosques still as
00:15:29they were?
00:15:32Of course, we have a monitoring team, a field team in all
00:15:35governorates, whether in the liberated governorates or in the governorates that
00:15:39have Houthi militias. However, there are a large
00:15:42number of observers for the Yemeni Network for Rights
00:15:46and Freedoms present in areas under Houthi
00:15:49control. Of course, we certainly
00:15:54a human rights
00:15:56mechanism,
00:15:59and qualified observers.
00:16:03These mosques have been monitored,
00:16:06and this is not everything that has been monitored. I want to assure you that there are a large number of mosques
00:16:10that are still
00:16:13unmonitored and have been used by these
00:16:16Houthi militias, whether as centers for their sectarian
00:16:20mobilization or centers for weapons storage.
00:16:23Schools, Qur'an memorization centers, and places
00:16:26of worship have been controlled by these
00:16:30Houthi militias and converted them from mosques, from places
00:16:32of worship,
00:16:35for educating people about religion, to
00:16:39mosques that serve their sectarian
00:16:42and racist project. Mr. Abdel Rahman,
00:16:46my last question to you: After all these
00:16:50violations committed by the Houthi militia, which you have
00:16:53documented and are still documenting, where
00:16:56do these files go? Will they reach,
00:17:00or have they reached, the United Nations? What is their fate?
00:17:03Yes, certainly, these
00:17:06files, we have not
00:17:10knocked on all international forums with them. They reached,
00:17:12and it was
00:17:16of organizations
00:17:19or human rights institutions, they reached the Security
00:17:23Council, and there were among them the sanctions
00:17:26that were issued against these Houthi
00:17:30militias. We are knocking on all international
00:17:33forums with them, and their echo has reached to the point
00:17:36that these militias have started to take into account the Yemeni
00:17:40Network for Rights and Freedoms, especially since it is at the forefront of all
00:17:43social media sites and also channels.
00:17:46And they realize that it obtains information
00:17:49with accuracy
00:17:51and a mechanism
00:17:54through which we can
00:17:58document crimes with sound and image,
00:18:02and we have, as we mentioned to you, observers.
00:18:05And now we also have an application
00:18:08called "Wa'i" that will be easy
00:18:11for anyone who has a violation by these
00:18:14Houthi militias to be able to enter this application
00:18:18and send the violation, whether sound or
00:18:21image or document or report,
00:18:25the network knowing
00:18:27his identity, to ensure
00:18:39you very much, Amat Al-Rahman Al-Matari, Secretary-General
00:18:42of the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms. I return to you, Dr. Yasser.
00:18:46A spokesman for the Houthi militia
00:18:49says that their accusation of targeting Mecca
00:18:53is part of a takfiri path, and he warns that this path has
00:18:57security and military repercussions. How
00:18:58do you interpret this language?
00:19:01As it was said, she threw her disease at me and then left.
00:19:04Events and facts
00:19:08have proven that the Houthi militia
00:19:11follows the path
00:19:14of excommunication.
00:19:18Muslims, "There is no blame on us regarding
00:19:21say about Yemenis, "There is no blame on us regarding Yemenis."
00:19:24So they kill whomever they wish.
00:19:27And therefore, in their history and their
00:19:30ideology from which they
00:19:34proceed, the criminal Abdullah bin Hamza,
00:19:38when he, as it is said in history books,
00:19:41invaded the lands of the Shafi'is, meaning the lands of Ibb
00:19:44and Taiz and so on, he says he invaded as if
00:19:48he went to the land of infidels. So he killed
00:19:51and plundered and captured
00:19:53wealth. Then, when he returned to
00:19:56Sana'a, Abdullah bin Hamza, the
00:20:00butcher, says, "By Allah, I only fear that Allah
00:20:04will hold me accountable for what I left them with."
00:20:08So the Houthi Jaroudi ideology
00:20:10is based on excommunicating the opponent. So whoever does
00:20:14not acknowledge the principle of Imamate, you and I do not acknowledge
00:20:17the principle of Imamate of Abdel Malek Al-Houthi,
00:20:20so we are infidels to them. And consequently, whoever does not acknowledge this
00:20:23principle among the Yemeni people is an infidel.
00:20:27They consider their blood lawful, they consider the bombing of their homes lawful,
00:20:31they consider the bombing of their mosques lawful, they consider taking their money lawful
00:20:34because they consider them infidels
00:20:37So from this
00:20:41the takfiris, and from this
00:20:48So, at this moment, dear viewers,
00:20:52video call by
00:21:11Yasser. We were talking about
00:21:15this ideology that the Houthi militia
00:21:18has.
00:21:22And taking this religious discourse in threatening
00:21:26and the name of the Qur'anic
00:21:29March. What do you think of this
00:21:32naming? Is it just a scarecrow
00:21:35or a pretext to drive other things?
00:21:41in reality. There is not a single memorizer of the Qur'an among them, and they have not
00:21:45produced a single batch of Qur'an memorizers since they seized
00:21:48Yemen by force of arms in 2014.
00:21:52This terrorist criminal march
00:21:55was the first to target the houses
00:21:59of Allah. Let's go back in memory a little.
00:22:02The first target of the Houthi militias was Dammaj
00:22:05Center. It was besieged for more
00:22:09than three months, and all kinds of weapons
00:22:12were used against it. Dammaj Center belonged to our Sheikh Muqbil,
00:22:16may Allah have mercy on him. No harm had come to it since
00:22:20its establishment until that moment. So they started with
00:22:23the mosques, and thus,
00:22:26the esteemed sister mentioned statistics
00:22:29that are terrifying regarding their takeover of mosques. And I
00:22:33remember some incidental events, meaning perhaps, and this
00:22:36happened in our Ibb governorate, especially the mosques
00:22:40that have educational lessons. They
00:22:43charge of the mosque and tell him, "You have 24 hours,"
00:22:46and some of them three hours. They come with their military
00:22:50vehicles and weapons. "Three hours for you to leave with your personal clothes," and they
00:22:54loot the entire mosque and everything in it. And this has happened in many
00:22:57places and many mosques.
00:23:00If it had been monitored from the beginning, the numbers
00:23:04mentioned by the organization would have been many times
00:23:07over. I would like to point out an important point
00:23:11and premises for the attack on Mecca, to link
00:23:14this to that. Actually,
00:23:18this Houthi militia, led by the terrorist
00:23:21Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, prides himself on being of
00:23:25Hashemite lineage more than on being Yemeni, and he sees
00:23:28that he has a historical right to Mecca.
00:23:32And he sees that he is the one who should rule Mecca because his ancestors ruled Mecca,
00:23:35so he claims. Therefore, the danger
00:23:38of the Houthi militias is no
00:23:41but extends to Yemen and its neighbors
00:23:45and holy sites everywhere. The question that arises
00:23:48is, speaking of holy sites, can a group
00:23:52or a faction defend one holy site and shell another
00:23:56holy site? I mean, the Houthi group,
00:23:59the Houthi militia, raises
00:24:02and Jerusalem. In contrast, these condemnations
00:24:14very important. I want to compare
00:24:21are doing to Palestinians. I assert,
00:24:23with figures,
00:24:27Yemenis is more heinous
00:24:30to Palestinians. And therefore, here we also send
00:24:33a message to our Palestinian brothers, some of whom, not all
00:24:37of them, say that the Houthi struck the Jews, and therefore
00:24:40he is the one with the right to blood. No, the Houthi, when he first
00:24:44arrived in Sana'a, first attacked the headquarters of Islamic movements
00:24:48in Sana'a and looted them. According to Houthi belief,
00:24:53people are infidels to the Houthis because they do not believe in the Shiite
00:24:56doctrine of guardianship. This is one thing. Secondly, if you look at how
00:25:00many Jews occupied Palestine, what is the area of Palestine? 1,000 square kilometers.
00:25:03These people have now occupied more than 200,000 square kilometers in Yemen.
00:25:07How many Jews have been killed since the beginning of the Palestinian-Arab conflict
00:25:10until today with Muslims? Statistics show 100,000 killed.
00:25:13We have exceeded half a million killed. Those imprisoned in Israeli
00:25:22us are more than 10,000, not to mention the tens of thousands
00:25:25imprisoned. The lands that were looted, the money that was taken from people,
00:25:29those who were killed, the disabilities. The
00:25:32World Bank says that approximately 5 million Yemenis
00:25:36have at least one disability, and some of them are caused by
00:25:39something other than war. I mean,
00:25:42the Palestinian who is under the Israeli Zionist
00:25:45occupation receives a salary,
00:25:52discussion, Dr. Yasser. Let us also
00:25:55welcome at this moment Sheikh Muhammad Nasser Al-Hazmi, member
00:25:59of Parliament, via video call. Welcome, Sheikh Muhammad.
00:26:07Sheikh Muhammad, the Parliament condemned the attempt
00:26:11to target Mecca in the strongest terms. What makes this incident
00:26:15different for the Parliament from the rest of the Houthi
00:26:18attacks on Saudi
00:26:20territory?
00:26:24Any attack on the holy sites of Muslims
00:26:28causes an angry
00:26:31reaction from every believer, male and female.
00:26:34I mean, this is a transgression of all
00:26:37the so-called red,
00:26:40green, and yellow lines.
00:26:43This is a provocation to every believer, male and female.
00:26:47Therefore, the reactions were not
00:26:51only from the Parliament, but also from the Yemeni people and the entire
00:26:53Islamic nation. And you have seen these
00:26:57reactions in all parts of
00:27:00the Islamic world. Regarding the Parliament, what message did
00:27:04it intend to convey through this condemnation
00:27:09level
00:27:12and also to the Saudi people, as well as
00:27:15to the Arab
00:27:18and Islamic region?
00:27:23whether on the Two Holy Mosques or the lands of the Two Holy Mosques,
00:27:27and our brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are
00:27:30one body, our destiny is
00:27:33shared. We are
00:27:36each other's backbone.
00:27:39Therefore, anything that affects our brothers in the Kingdom
00:27:43affects us, and anything that affects us in Yemen affects the Kingdom.
00:27:46This is a matter
00:27:50that there is no disagreement
00:27:53on. And
00:27:57that preceded it, which condemned all attacks on our brothers
00:28:00in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, stem from the bonds of brotherhood
00:28:04that bind us with our brothers in the Kingdom
00:28:07of Saudi Arabia. As for the Houthi militia, Sheikh
00:28:10Muhammad, it denies targeting Mecca and says
00:28:14that these are military operations. How does the Parliament
00:28:18denial?
00:28:20No, no, look, in their literature,
00:28:24and I might have heard some of what your guest
00:28:28presented, in their belief,
00:28:31the Sacred House is now under the authority
00:28:35of the infidels. Therefore, they tell
00:28:39you, and you have heard that Mufti who was speaking at
00:28:43their last meeting and they appointed him Mufti
00:28:45for Taiz, and he speaks
00:28:49with all frankness, he does not use dissimulation. He says,
00:28:53"We will target the Two Holy Mosques
00:28:56to purify and liberate them." So they consider us
00:28:59infidels. Therefore,
00:29:03these Two Holy Mosques must be liberated before they liberate,
00:29:07as they claim, Al-Aqsa Mosque. A great word
00:29:10comes out of their mouths, that they only say lies. They do not care about
00:29:13holy sites or anything. They only care about spreading
00:29:17their polytheism and myths and fighting
00:29:20monotheism, because monotheism is the opposite of what
00:29:29I return to you, Dr. Yasser. There is a spokesman
00:29:32for the Houthi militia who
00:29:36says that they did not
00:29:39only attack the Saudi stance, or they did not only attack the Saudi stance,
00:29:43but they also attacked religious institutions and personalities
00:29:46who supported the condemnation, and they went so far as to
00:29:49discourse to Al-Azhar and the scholars of Saudi Arabia, what does
00:29:52the expansion of the circle of animosity reveal
00:29:56to include religious and Islamic institutions?
00:29:59Allow me, before I answer this point, to support
00:30:03Sheikh Muhammad's point regarding the denial or
00:30:06the bombing. Let's discuss
00:30:10a logical issue. Firstly, the Houthis did not deny bombing
00:30:14the Kingdom. So the bombing is agreed upon between
00:30:16the two parties. Only the dispute is where, what did they hit?
00:30:20Well, if you are fighting Saudi Arabia, fight honorably. The borders of Saudi Arabia between
00:30:29indicates that there is an intention and purpose,
00:30:32and persistence and surveillance to bomb the two holy mosques.
00:30:35Okay, if you want to bomb military areas, there
00:30:39are no military areas except in the western region in Saudi Arabia,
00:30:43which is closest to you. This is contrary
00:30:46to military logic and realistic logic, and the area that people
00:30:50actually know. So we live in one place.
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