Discussion on Middle East Security Threats

My name is Abdul Moeen Hussein Ali Azzan.

I'm from Dhamar Governorate. Uh, I live in Sana'a.

I graduated with a degree in French from the Faculty of Arts at Sana'a University In the year two thousand and ninety-nine.

At the end of December 2019, uh, I traveled sent by the High Commission to the German government for Jordan to take a course Uh, it was organized by the security department of the United Nations, DSS.

And of course, during my visit to Jordan, I met Israeli intelligence officer Shaul Gad.

In the discussion, uh, that took place, also, uh, between Shaul and me.

Shaul told me that they had many studies and opinions Uh, for finding a solution to the growing capabilities of the Houthis in Yemen.

Uh, among those options they were studying and considering was to strike the Grand Mosque in Mecca or near one of the two holy mosques, and for this strike, for example, to come from the Red Sea or from somewhere else from which it could be shown that the strike came from Yemen.

And of course, they would pin the blame on the Hou— Houthis this way, and this would be accompanied by a huge media uproar.

And widespread incitement campaigns against Arabs And the jihadists, of course, who returned and came to Yemen from— from different places.

I remember I replied to him and said to him, “This is a dangerous scenario.”

And the region is important to the whole world.

I mean, jihadists, Ansar Allah, the Red Sea and issues and things like that.

Uh, he replied, “No, we’ll secure the Red Sea internationally.

It will be secured internationally. And the Americans will secure the oil sources.

And we’ll let the Saudis, the Houthis, and the jihadists drown in the desert.

And we’ll stand by and watch.