Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi comments on the Mecca alliance and “Saudi Arabia’s attempt to implicate Türkiye and Pakistan”

(CNN)—Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen, commented on the Mecca defense alliance between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, describing it as an attempt by Riyadh to “implicit” Ankara and Islamabad.

This came in a speech delivered by Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi and broadcast by the group's Al-Masirah channel, in which he attacked the Kingdom, claiming without providing evidence that the military operations carried out by Riyadh "kill children and women." As he put it, adding: “The peoples of our nation and the peoples of the world must be aware of these facts, even the peoples of the countries that Saudi Arabia seeks to implicate, or implicate their regimes in, aggression against our country, or partnership with it at any level,” as he put it.

He continued, saying: "In Turkey, I greatly appreciate the noble positions and free and informed voices in Turkey and Pakistan, which oppose any participation in the aggression against the Yemeni people, and are aware of the reality of what the Saudi aggressor is doing to our dear people."

Al-Houthi went on to say: "These facts are also important for the dear people of Pakistan, the Muslim people, to be aware of. The free voices there are greatly appreciated by our dear people, which oppose any Pakistani involvement in the aggression against our country."

The text of the “Mecca Alliance” agreement, which was published by the official Saudi Press Agency last August, states that “the agreement aims to strengthen joint deterrence against any aggression, and stipulates that any armed attack on any of the three countries is an attack on all of them, and the agreement is also concerned with developing all aspects of defense cooperation between them.”