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00:00:00You were following this event or Channel. how the Houthi militias
00:00:04were able to overthrow the capital, Sana'a.
00:00:08we conclude this Look, the Houthi militias overthrew the capital, Sana'a.
00:00:12They
00:00:14prepared for its fall on a platter
00:00:17of conflicts and entry into Sana'a, then Sana'a
00:00:25to communicate, and we communicated with something darker than entered. How were you following this event, or how were the Houthi militias able to overthrow
00:00:28the capital, Sana'a? Look, the Houthi militias overthrew
00:00:32the capital, Sana'a.
00:00:35did you follow this, first of This means they prepared for its fall on
00:00:38a platter of disputes. The nation and the army
00:00:41are neutral. If the army is neutral,
00:00:45something darker than when will it abandon its neutrality?
00:00:47It's neutral.
00:00:50There, Ali Abdullah Saleh wanted to
00:00:54take revenge on his opponents with the Houthis. There were deals
00:00:58between the sheikhs who agreed with
00:01:01the Houthis and signed that he would be allowed to
00:01:04pass through the black line, which is the
00:01:08asphalt road.
00:01:10I said that the parties should not have negotiated while the Houthis
00:01:14were fighting. Rather, they apologized to him, rather they
00:01:18apologized to him. So I told you,
00:01:20is, I mean, this everyone is up to their ears keep their promises. in different proportions,
00:01:24him in many and who bears the highest proportion in this
00:01:28situation? Clearly, the General People's Congress after that,
00:01:31led by Ali Abdullah Saleh, because they allied.
00:01:35There is no evidence after the alliance.
00:01:38was detained by What evidence do you want me
00:01:40people, in women, in to give you after he tells you its latent strength is in these that we are Shiite
00:01:44them to cancel this Shiites who were shot with snipers?
00:01:45article, and it was removed from Of course, I do not accuse Ali Abdullah Saleh of being
00:01:50with influence from entire country. It does not a Houthi, but it was revenge on his opponents, and
00:01:54he thought, as he
00:01:56Tawfiq Al-Shameeri, who was said, that he was dancing on the heads of snakes. He thought
00:01:59he was dancing this
00:02:03many events slipped from his last dance, but the Houthis benefited
00:02:05from
00:02:09I mean, what is the reason for all the existing contradictions, and they benefited and knew
00:02:12how Ali Abdullah Saleh thought. So he preempted events. As soon as
00:02:16he entered Sana'a, he loaded
00:02:19Professor Mohammed and condemnation of what was happening to weapons, tanks, and armored vehicles towards
00:02:22Sa'dah, and he empowered himself, and
00:02:26their own preparations. We are talking about his eyes were on Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Ali Abdullah Saleh was not
00:02:29a Houthi, and he was
00:02:32I mean, the calculations were not national about to have them for dinner, but they had
00:02:35on, as I told you, him for lunch before he had them for dinner. What is the interest of the Minister
00:02:37of Defense
00:02:39in
00:02:41the army remaining, as you said, neutral? What
00:02:45is the interest of the former Minister of Defense
00:02:48in neutralizing the army? Of course,
00:02:51there are hidden hands
00:02:54and games and coordination.
00:02:57Of course, his name is Al-Hassan.
00:03:01Muhammad Nasser Ahmed Nasser Ahmed Al-Hasani, he has a connection
00:03:04with the group or they used his name, Al-Hasani,
00:03:07also and Imran, to fall. He went to visit
00:03:11spokesperson during this period. I was appointed the Emirates. Your country is falling, you visit another country. Why?
00:03:14and other This means that I don't know what this means
00:03:17to you and the viewer. This
00:03:20is not me looking into the unseen, but
00:03:23what we witnessed. I mean,
00:03:27even if there was an external role, doctor. I mean,
00:03:30even if there wasn't, how
00:03:33enough capabilities. do you go? You're not on a picnic. Your country is falling, and your capital is collapsing,
00:03:37and you declare that the army is neutral,
00:03:40and you go to Amran to visit the militias and not
00:03:44visit Camp
00:03:46310, and you did not visit
00:03:48the army.
00:03:51So how
00:03:52we want more details about the information can there be any innocence in that? Yes.
00:03:56Well, of course, there might be an external plot.
00:04:02Meaning, infiltration. Yes, I want you to talk about the information you have.
00:04:06I mean, what are the facts and information
00:04:09you experienced? I experienced that there was
00:04:13infiltration. I wrote about Ben Omar that he
00:04:17was engineering the fall of Sana'a while having lunch with the Houthis
00:04:19in Sa'ada.
00:04:21a speech on their behalf, they withdrew from And his writings at the time were about Ben Omar
00:04:25people who will not and that he was a man
00:04:27be forgotten who came to hand over the homeland.
00:04:38We talked to him and told him that we want
00:04:39was able to escape decisions. I was with him, I met
00:04:42him, and we had Professor Yassin Saeed Numan
00:04:46Al-Ansi Al-Atwani. So he
00:04:49was sitting, and I told him, "Your Excellency, we need
00:04:53courageous decisions from you." This was before the Houthis
00:04:56entered. So he said, "What does it mean? Someone has
00:04:59500 tanks. The last one in the last
00:05:02conversation in the 70s, and the other one in
00:05:05the division. And the owner of Abyan comes
00:05:08to rule here. Everyone who passed by my house
00:05:11made a fortune. And the owner of Abyan wants
00:05:14to rule. So he felt
00:05:18that he was let down by all parties and that he was shaken,
00:05:21so he could not make strong decisions. How did
00:05:25the event affect you, Professor Muhammad, with the fall of Sana'a?
00:05:29It was dark,
00:05:33darkness. I mean, the capital of your country falls
00:05:37and there is no resistance,
00:05:40and everyone kills it, and people are led
00:05:43like sheep, and there is no one
00:05:46to make strong decisions. How did the event affect you,
00:05:50Professor Muhammad, with the fall of Sana'a?
00:05:52It was dark,
00:05:57darkness. I mean, the capital of your country falls
00:06:00and there is no resistance,
00:06:03and everyone kills it, and people are led
00:06:07like sheep, and there
00:06:09is no one. After that,
00:06:13he tried to move to Taiz province.
00:06:15How did the people of Taiz
00:06:18province resist the Houthi militias and how were they able
00:06:21to protect the city? You were one of the attendees and a live
00:06:25witness to all these events, and one of the prominent
00:06:29and influential figures in Taiz
00:06:31province. We want to relive all the details as if
00:06:35we are watching them. What do you remember and what
00:06:39did you experience? Look, before
00:06:44I mention the names and what happened, I will tell
00:06:47you that Taiz,
00:06:52children, and the steadfastness and victory that
00:06:56it achieves for the supportive environment that
00:06:59is unique throughout the
00:07:02tolerate Houthi ideology in any way. Perhaps
00:07:06some hesitated and appeased at first
00:07:09due to the Houthi-GPC alliance. This is not
00:07:13for the Houthis, but for the GPC.
00:07:16When it presented, of course, before it presented, there
00:07:20was preparation
00:07:21for
00:07:24the resistance, as I told you, and we used to meet
00:07:28Sheikh Hamoud, and I, and Aref Jamil, Al-Dhabli,
00:07:32and I am not talking about the military. The military
00:07:35also had
00:07:39the popular side. And
00:07:42there were repeated meetings, and
00:07:45I had an interview
00:07:47Yemen Shabab channel,
00:07:51and I said that the Houthis would
00:07:54make the mistake of a lifetime if they tried to enter Taiz. He
00:07:57will enter because the people of Taiz were not prepared with heavy
00:08:01weapons, nor even the personal weapons they had. Those who had personal weapons
00:08:05did not have enough ammunition.
00:08:08We said he would enter, but he would not
00:08:12sleep at night. This is what happened when he entered. To the Central Security,
00:08:15the youth came out to them with bare chests and surrounded
00:08:18them, and there were casualties.
00:08:20Many of our people were injured, including Abdul Sattar Al-Shameeri, who was injured,
00:08:26young people. And also
00:08:30the military commanders played a big role,
00:08:34led by Al-Hamadi, who was the commander of Brigade
00:08:3735, Adnan Al-Hamadi, who stood firm
00:08:40like mountains. And the resistance was formed in the early days
00:08:44and was able to stop the Houthis from entering the city
00:08:47and storming the city, even though the resistance in Taiz
00:08:51province was unarmed. We want
00:08:54to relive these details. I mean, Saeed's
00:08:57details. Sheikh Hamoud Saeed played a big role,
00:09:00and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, before we knew, was
00:09:04a generous supporter, and it supported Sheikh Hamoud
00:09:08and supported this.
00:09:09And
00:09:12Adnan Al-Hammadi provided from Brigade
00:09:1535 tanks, weapons, and ammunition
00:09:18and gave it
00:09:22to the resistance, these weapons. And also after
00:09:25that, also Yousef Al-Sharaqi
00:09:27and
00:09:30this means
00:09:34many personalities. A moment,
00:09:39are the people who came forward
00:09:42to resist the Houthi militias. There are many names in Taiz province,
00:09:46including, as I said, Adnan Sadeq Al-Dabab, Yousef Al-Sharaqi,
00:09:49and Mohammed Al-Awani. Mohammed Al-Awani,
00:09:53he was martyred. He was the chief of staff of Brigade 35 and was one of
00:09:56the most honest men. And Sadeq Sarhan had a strong presence
00:09:59with many leaders.
00:10:03Then Brigadier Abdo Hamoud and Sheikh Abdul
00:10:07Qader Hail and the activist Mohammed Al-Mahmoudi
00:10:11and Adnan Ruzeiq, who had a strong presence
00:10:14in Taiz. And many leaders.
00:10:17I cannot, I mean, I don't want to mention some of them, so-and-so.
00:10:20Also, the
00:10:23Secretary-General of the Nasserite Party
00:10:26was supported, with the اعتراف
00:10:29of Yousef Al-Sharaqi, in establishing
00:10:33the Al-Dabab front, which is Abdullah. Yes,
00:10:36the Secretary-General of the party, Dr.
00:10:40Abdullah Numan, I mean, he played a big role, and the leaders
00:10:44of Islah were also present in
00:10:48most of the areas. But the largest
00:10:50and most numerous are the people and the independent
00:10:55people of Taiz, who for the first time, look,
00:10:58the parties were different from each other, but
00:11:01when the Houthis entered, they all united as one
00:11:05man and were one front. No difference.
00:11:08They forgot affiliations, they forgot everything, unlike what
00:11:12happened now. The diseases started to reappear.
00:11:15They must be treated and returned. Of course,
00:11:18before that, we also went
00:11:22down to Aden. You have it. Yes,
00:11:26yes, you went down to Aden twice, twice.
00:11:29Once, no difference. They forgot affiliations,
00:11:33they forgot everything, unlike what happened now. The diseases
00:11:36started to reappear. They must be treated
00:11:40and returned. Of course, before that,
00:11:43we also went down to Aden. You have
00:11:47it. Yes, yes, you went down
00:11:50to Aden twice, twice. Yes,
00:11:53to work on solutions to get the president out.
00:11:59Yes, I mean, you are talking about when President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi
00:12:03the Houthi militias. Of course, we are the originators of the idea
00:12:06of the gathering of Taiz notables,
00:12:10and we have many social figures
00:12:15the parties, including Abdullah Al-Alimi, and including
00:12:19the esteemed Professor Abdul Malik
00:12:22Al-Mekhlafi and very prominent figures.
00:12:26We were part of this entity. Who did you meet
00:12:29in Aden? We met the governor of Taiz
00:12:32province, and we met Nayef Al-Bakri. He
00:12:36was the deputy governor. What was required of them
00:12:40We issued a statement of support
00:12:44the president in Sana'a
00:12:45and
00:12:49for there to be a national meeting
00:12:52to sense the dangers that
00:12:56threatened the country after Sana'a fell into the hands
00:13:00of the Houthi militias
00:13:02and for the national
00:13:05project that we seek to be straightened out in accordance with the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference.
00:13:09Yes. Well, if we return to the resistance of Taiz
00:13:12province, I will come to the second
00:13:15stage when President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi was able
00:13:19to leave Sana'a and go to Aden
00:13:22before he moved or went to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
00:13:25But there were voices saying that the Taiz
00:13:29resistance to the Houthi militias did not receive
00:13:32enough support. Is this true?
00:13:36What was the nature of the support this resistance received?
00:13:39What were the parties that supported this resistance?
00:13:43Taiz was not supported by anyone except the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
00:13:46It supported generously and supported. If it weren't for the support of the Kingdom of Saudi
00:13:49Arabia, it would have been, as I told you, Taiz
00:13:53did not have weapons. Enough ammunition or
00:13:58This does not detract from the courage of the people of Taiz.
00:14:01And how many areas were supported
00:14:05and that support did not bear fruit in them.
00:14:07And Taiz was supported and that support bore
00:14:10fruit after the whole city fell.
00:14:14Yes. But
00:14:17you have. Where did this support go?
00:14:21Who received this support? Because there are many voices saying
00:14:25that it did not receive enough support. Look, I don't have
00:14:28precise information about the support amount, but I know that
00:14:31Professor Hamoud Saeed was the primary
00:14:34recipient of support in Taiz before the army was formed and there
00:14:38was also support. And
00:14:41after that, I was an official spokesperson
00:14:44and a follower, and we were following up with
00:14:47our brothers here, and they were dropping ammunition and weapons by
00:14:51parachute when Taiz was besieged from all
00:14:55directions. And we did not fail them when we were
00:14:58appealing to them. Yes. Well, at this moment,
00:15:01President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi
00:15:04detention and head to Aden,
00:15:08and he was pursued by the Houthi militias.
00:15:12They pursued him to Aden province, and therefore,
00:15:15you also had another visit to President Abd Rabbu Mansour
00:15:19Hadi in Aden province. What exactly happened during this visit,
00:15:23and who did you meet with Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi,
00:15:27and what happened during this visit?
00:15:30Yes, please. Many prominent figures
00:15:34attended. Of course, the idea
00:15:37was a pure idea because
00:15:40the gathering of Taiz notables,
00:15:44Brother Aref Jamil, who is now the Deputy Governor of Taiz
00:15:48province, addressed me and said, "Brother Muhammad, what do you think? I invite
00:15:50you to go down to Aden to meet the president
00:15:54and we will do." Our idea was, I mean, the idea
00:15:56initially was welcomed,
00:15:58and we started
00:16:02the Governor Shawqi Shawqi Ahmed
00:16:06Hayel Shawqi Ahmed. He was working with affection, but he
00:16:09was deceived by the military commanders who
00:16:13showed him loyalty, but at zero hour they
00:16:16told him, "We follow Sana'a."
00:16:19Okay, before this, before it
00:16:22arrived, we knew, and the point of
00:16:25disagreement in our point of view was that these people are liars
00:16:29and they will not keep their promises
00:16:32from the military commanders who showed
00:16:35him loyalty. But at the zero hour they
00:16:39told him, "We follow Sana'a."
00:16:42Okay, before this, before it arrived, we knew,
00:16:46and the point of disagreement in our point of view was that these
00:16:49people are liars and they will not
00:16:54This
00:16:58stagnation you are in. Finally, address your people
00:17:00and be frank with them, and the people will be with you,
00:17:03and you are the legitimate authority. Even the martyred
00:17:07Tawfiq Al-Shameeri wrote, and it was said
00:17:10and published in the newspapers. Al-Himyari said, "Receive." So
00:17:13I called and told them, "We didn't come down to air
00:17:17our dirty laundry. We came down to build." So I asked
00:17:23the... I mean, Tawfiq attacked you? No, he didn't attack us, he attacked the president.
00:17:27Yes, he attacked the president and praised me. Yes, in the presentation
00:17:30of Tawfiq Al-Shameeri,
00:17:33martyred later in the events. Okay,
00:17:37here is an important point about the reasons for the silence that was
00:17:40prevailing among all leaders, including the presidency,
00:17:43in your opinion.
00:17:47this strange silence?
00:17:49By God, I don't know if it's betrayal or
00:17:53the dispersion and fragmentation that is happening, everyone wanted to ambush
00:17:56the other, and everyone wanted
00:17:59to preserve their stature and strength
00:18:03and considered that the battle was not their battle.
00:18:06And they thought,
00:18:09from everyone. Yes, yes, when you informed President
00:18:13of the Republic, President Abdullah Bou Mansour Hadi, of the necessity
00:18:17of his addressing the people and talking about what was happening, what
00:18:20was the response of the President of the Republic? His response was
00:18:24that he was, at that time, like a drugged
00:18:27person, but he showed
00:18:29that, but they didn't give him time. On the same
00:18:33day, while we were in Aden, the planes moved to bomb him,
00:18:37and on the third day, he left,
00:18:40and we returned to Taiz. Okay, after you returned, they appointed
00:18:43you as an official spokesperson. So you were appointed as an official
00:18:49in the end, we were in Riyadh. Yes.
00:18:51Okay. After your return to Taiz
00:18:54province, and this delegation
00:18:57that visited the President of the Republic and met with the President of the Republic,
00:19:01what exactly happened after that? What were the things that happened?
00:19:05The facts, the events.
00:19:07After that, after a few days, the Houthis entered the Central
00:19:11Security. We went down and the Houthis did not enter Taiz, they entered the American
00:19:14Security. Of course, we met and the Houthis had
00:19:18representatives inside Taiz, they used to meet.
00:19:20We met at the Cultural
00:19:23Club,
00:19:27and we all agreed and united with a strong
00:19:29word. The governor of the province,
00:19:33Shawqi Shawqi Hayel Saeed.
00:19:37Shawqi Ahmed Hayel, who spoke
00:19:40that Taiz would only be with the Republic and would not allow
00:19:44the entry
00:19:46of militias and that Taiz must be spared this conflict.
00:19:49And the Houthi representatives,
00:19:51including Mughallis, withdrew. I mean, Samir
00:19:55Salim Mughallis, who gave
00:19:59the hall and were kicking and screaming. And we met many
00:20:03times
00:20:05with people representing them. And suddenly
00:20:08they, I mean, they considered
00:20:11that everything was in their hands. And Sadeq Abu
00:20:15Rass also came down to Taiz and said
00:20:18that he would, I mean, he would take Taiz with one
00:20:22or two teams, but he
00:20:24left barefoot
00:20:28from the province. I mean, as I told you,
00:20:31the situation was boiling, and the people were enthusiastic,
00:20:34and therefore, the killing of this child
00:20:37and his mother made
00:20:41them feel that it was for the sake of the homeland,
00:20:43and also, the victims, most
00:20:47of whom were civilians, and they were the incubator. This
00:20:51is the strength. Any steadfastness of Taiz
00:20:54is attributed to the people of Taiz province. Okay, before
00:20:58part, Professor Muhammad, I mean, a few
00:21:01days ago, there was a statement by the governor of Taiz
00:21:05province, Al-Maamari, and it angered
00:21:09some, and some also praised
00:21:12it. How did you follow this? I mean, he talked
00:21:16a lot about the details of the resistance and the situation of Taiz
00:21:19province. And he touched on many issues
00:21:22and events. How
00:21:25all? Or what
00:21:28bothered some about the statement of the governor
00:21:32of the province, Professor Al-Maamari?
00:21:34My brother Al-Maamari is my colleague, and he presented his point of view,
00:21:38and I don't comment on his point of view, whether I agree or disagree with him.
00:21:41Perhaps his memory failed him in some matters,
00:21:44just as my memory might fail me in some matters.
00:21:47And
00:21:50I mean, but Al-Maamari is still a resistant,
00:21:54a national man and has a stance from
00:21:58day one against the Houthi militias, and we all complete
00:22:01each other. Yes, I don't want an assessment of his words or his speech or a comment,
00:22:05but in your opinion, why did he upset
00:22:09some? I mean, he angered some. I mean, many
00:22:12talked and praised
00:22:14aspects, and some personalities
00:22:17spoke in a way that
00:22:22bothered, I mean, they were bothered by the governor's speech. In your opinion, why? What
00:22:26are the reasons? Look, perfection is for God, and supplements are
00:22:29one. Words must sometimes fall from
00:22:32him. Forgetting, perhaps. He overlooked some, rather many
00:22:36overlooked their role and did not mention it. And that's
00:22:39why I'm keen that everyone should be mentioned for their role, regardless
00:22:43of whether we agreed or disagreed with them.
00:22:46So Al-Maamari perhaps
00:22:53mind, like an event. Time
00:22:57caught up with us. Thank you very much, and we also thank you, dear
00:23:00viewers. We will suffice with
00:23:03this much in this part, and in the next episode,
00:23:06we will complete our conversation with
00:23:09Muqbil
00:23:12Al-Himyari, member of the House of Representatives
00:23:15and Minister of State for the Affairs of the House of Representatives
00:23:18and the Shura Council. Godspeed.
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00:24:17and maker of light. September
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00:24:24No, the greedy will not touch your greatness,
00:24:28and there is no place among us
00:24:31for the enemies of the homeland. And there is no one in
00:24:34our ranks who sows discord.
00:24:37Our souls, our blood,
00:24:41they will sacrifice
00:24:42for
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00:25:04O protectors of the Republic,
00:25:07O members of our armed forces, O those who
00:25:10surround us.
00:25:26O protectors of the Republic,
00:25:29O members of our armed forces, O those who
00:25:32surround us with what preserves your legally acquired functional
00:25:36rights. I also affirm that our commitment to a safe
00:25:39return and a declared amnesty will remain open
00:25:43to all who lay down their weapons and stop
00:25:46fighting in the ranks of the militias and return to
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