SANA’A (Dispatches) – Yemen’s Ansarullah leader says the recent escalation of the Zionist regime’s aggression against Damascus is part of a broader strategy to establish the equation of “occupation without facing any response.”
In a televised speech on Thursday, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said the Israeli regime aims to invade all countries in the region without encountering retaliation.
“Despite the public stance of those in power in Syria toward normalizing relations with Israel, the aggressions against Syria continue,” he said.
The occupying regime’s military aggression in Syria has intensified since the rise of the new regime led by former al-Qaeda and Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani in December.
In a significant escalation of its ongoing atrocities, Israel launched airstrikes on Wednesday targeting key military and government sites in Damascus and the southwestern province of Dara’a.
Israel is manipulating an ongoing strife between local Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze armed factions in the southern province of Suwayda which began with tit-for-tat kidnappings to attack Syria.
Regional leaders say Israel seeks to break Syrian unity and turn the country into a theater of chaos.
Houthi said the occupying regime seeks to shape the internal dynamics of Syria by using the pretext of supporting the Druze and minority communities.
The ruling Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) regime in Damascus led by Jolani has repeatedly indicated that it wants to “normalize relations” with Israel, recognize the regime, and exchange ambassadors by the end of 2026.
Israeli forces, nevertheless, have seized a UN-patrolled buffer zone on Syrian territory along the border with the Golan Heights and launched hundreds of airstrikes on Syria.
Israel claims that the escalation in its aggression campaign is aimed at defending the Druze, who have been involved in days of clashes with HTS forces, and at pushing these forces away from the border.
According to the Houthis, Israel is exploiting the flawed policies of militant groups in their dealings with minorities in Syria, adding that the HTS regime has “engineered sectarian and religious divisions to sow discord within the Islamic nation.”
The Ansarullah leader added that Israel also aims to control a significant portion of Syrian territory up to the outskirts of Damascus, as well as to dictate Syria’s relationships and policies to ensure its own security.
Addressing the rising Israeli aggression against Lebanon, Houthi touched on U.S. pressures on Lebanese factions to accept Israel’s plan to disarm Hezbollah. 
He also condemned the occupying regime’s relentless genocide against the Palestinian people, highlighting the destruction of Gaza’s cities and residential neighborhoods.
He revealed that Israel has “completely wiped out some families” and noted a 41% drop in Gaza’s birth rate compared to last year, alongside a 10% decrease in the overall population.
“The genocide of the people of Gaza is a shared objective of the United States and Israel,” he stressed, adding that Israel is heavily relying on American bombs, with explosives reportedly being dropped more frequently than bullets.
He also said the US military support for Israel is funded largely by the wealth of Arab countries, with trillions of dollars sent to the US under the guise of investments.
The Ansarullah leader said the aggression against Gaza reflects American aggression more than Israeli actions, saying, “Israel’s role is merely to carry out these crimes.”