Saudi Ambassador to the United States of America Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir said that the Operation Renewal of Hope, which began on Tuesday, aims at focusing on the political process, protecting the Yemeni people and repulsing any aggressive actions carried out by the Houthis. In a press conference held Wednesday at the headquarter of Saudi Embassy in Washington, he pointed out that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday the end of Operation Determination Storm and the start of Operation Renewal of Hop in Yemen, saying that Operation Determination Storm was designed to remove any threats against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by ballistic missiles, heavy weapons and planes seized by the Houthi militia and their ally Ali Abdullah Saleh. He added that "the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its allies were able to remove this threat and protect the legitimate government of Yemen and the Yemeni people from the hostile Houthi movement which is allied with Iran and Hezbollah." He expressed hope that this operation had opened the door to a political settlement so that Yemenis can get together again reiterating that there is no military solution to the conflict in Yemen and that the solution must be political and based on Security Council resolution 2216, the initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the results of the national dialogue in Yemen. He said that "we have always expressed the hope that the Houthis would resort to wisdom through participation in the political process instead of resorting to the control of the country with arms. He added that "we have already made it clear that we will not allow them to take over Yemen with arms and we are still at this position." He said, "We applied this matter today in Taiz where the Houthis pounded Brigade 35 and we intervened militarily to put an end to the bombing and we also followed very troublesome movements by the Houthi militia in the city of Aden across three directions, and we are determined to respond to the request of the legitimate government in providing necessary assistance." --More 00:43 LOCAL TIME 21:43 GMT تغريد
