In statements to the episode (8/25/2020) of the "The Opposite Direction" program, he added that with the emergence of the real goals of the UAE and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, the people of Yemen stood against them, especially since the Saudi presence in the governorates of Mahra, Hadramawt and Socotra Island is unjustified, because these areas have not witnessed any Conflict, and the people of these provinces have the right to expel the forces deployed in their provinces.
He added that the Iranian war in Yemen is incorrect, because the UAE has been killing Yemenis under the pretext of fighting Iran, and the Saudi forces have been deployed in Mahra for 3 years and have not been able to prove a case of smuggling a single weapon to the Houthis.
He stressed that Saudi Arabia seeks, through its presence in Mahra, to restrict the Sultanate of Oman, and that talk about smuggling weapons from Mahra is a great insult to the Yemeni legitimacy that controls these governorates, and Saudi Arabia wants to implement many of its own projects by weakening the legitimacy and allowing militias.
On the other hand, writer and publisher of Voice of Beirut International Jerry Maher said that Saudi Arabia interfered in Yemen at the request of Saudi Arabia, explaining the Saudi presence in some Yemeni areas free of the Houthis as in order to protect these areas from any Houthi interference or the control of some terrorist organizations.
He added that the Saudi forces protect the Yemeni coasts and facilitate the arrival of supplies intended for the reconstruction of Yemen, and that the Yemeni army of the legitimate government is unable to extend its control over all Yemeni lands, because it is fighting a war against the “terrorist Houthi militias,” stressing that the Saudi forces will leave Yemen upon request. Yemeni legitimacy and the end of its mission there.
He added that Saudi Arabia's goal is not to occupy Yemen, and if it wanted to occupy it, it did so 30 years ago and not today, stressing that what happened in Al-Mahra Governorate are clashes between gangs and Saudi forces that seek to impose security there, and the Saudi and Emirati coalition has proven the presence of weapons smuggling in many Reports, the United Nations has also talked about it.