The National Bloc of Parties condemns the targeting and killing of officers and soldiers in the Saudi army in Hadhramaut

The Supreme Council of the National Bloc of Political Parties and Components strongly condemned the heinous attack that claimed the lives of two Saudi army officers and injured a third in a treacherous attack in the city of Seiyun in Hadhramaut Governorate.

The National Bloc said in a statement that it condemns this heinous crime that targeted the heroes of the Saudi army who came to our country to support and back the Yemeni people to get rid of the remnants of the priestly imamate that has weighed on the chests of our people and made them taste the woes.

The statement stressed that this act is a treacherous behavior that has no connection to our religion, customs, or the values of the honorable Yemeni people. Rather, it is a vile service provided to forces hostile to the interests of the Yemeni people, which seek, through this criminal act, to undermine the fraternal relations that unite the Republic of Yemen with its brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

He continued: "We in the National Bloc urge the concerned authorities to quickly arrest the perpetrator and refer him to an urgent trial, stressing that this crime only serves the enemies of Yemen and Saudi Arabia alike, and will not undermine the determination of the two countries and brotherly peoples to move forward to restore security in Yemen and end the projects of chaos and destruction, especially the Iranian Houthi terrorist project."

On Saturday evening, the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi, directed the arrest of the perpetrator of the attack on Saudi officers and soldiers, and to conduct investigations into the crime in coordination with the leadership of the joint forces in the Coalition to Support Legitimacy, and to take the necessary measures at various levels.

A statement issued by the office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces said, "The criminal attack committed on Friday evening by a soldier affiliated with the First Military Region forces is a cowardly terrorist act that does not represent the honorable members of the Yemeni Armed Forces who appreciate the great role of the brothers in the forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy and their great sacrifices alongside the Yemeni people, and their aspirations to restore state institutions, alleviate their humanitarian suffering, and overthrow the coup of the terrorist Houthi militias supported by the Iranian regime."

For his part, the spokesman for the Arab coalition forces, Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki, confirmed that "the perpetrator of the attack does not represent the honorable members of the Yemeni Ministry of Defense who appreciate the positive and important role played by the coalition forces to support Yemeni legitimacy and support humanitarian work to alleviate the suffering of the brotherly Yemeni people."

Brigadier General Al-Maliki indicated in a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) that the joint forces will work, in coordination with the Yemeni Ministry of Defense, to follow up on the investigation procedures to determine the reasons and motives, arrest the perpetrator, and bring him to justice.