How should the war in Yemen be resolved?

Unfortunately, it seems that Yemen's stability depends on war, men of war, and the culture of war. Projects to normalize life have not succeeded, and will not succeed, as long as there are provinces on the other side of the country that are suffering under the yoke of militias. These cast their shadows on the country, both geographically and in terms of population.

Perhaps we need more difficult years, like those years that the Yemenis lived through at the height of the resistance, and the peak of the first liberation battles. Despite the difficulty of what we lived through as a result of the bloody fighting in Taiz, Aden, Marib, Shabwa, and others...; however, those ordeals were a good indicator of the existence of a real movement on the ground: a solid resistance that works on the surface, as it works in the shadows, and works in the corridors of conferences, and embassy offices, as a single unit seeking to restore the kidnapped state... and after that, "every incident will have its own story."

Unfortunately, once again, those beginnings evaporated! They evaporated in the projects to normalize life in the liberated areas, in the fake peace deals, and the deceptive reconciliation consultations; in Geneva, Stockholm, Kuwait, Amman, and finally in Muscat, which resulted in nothing but the state’s military decisive machine stopping at the gates of Hodeidah, and retreating from the first villages of Arhab on the outskirts of the capital Sana’a, and retreating from behind the siege barriers in Taiz, in successive operations in which liberation was closer to us than the doors of our homes.

We know, and the allies, the United Nations and the major countries concerned; that the military solution with the Houthi militias is the guarantor of stability in Yemen and the region. And that this solution is the most appropriate, easiest and most convenient way to reach peace and achieve the aspirations of the Yemenis; but they always used to say: that the crisis in Yemen will not be resolved through a military solution.. I do not know why we had to believe this nonsense?

If the duty of liberating the Yemenis from the Houthi militias cannot be accomplished and achieved except through a military solution, then “whatever duty cannot be accomplished without, is a duty.” We must take “Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan” - Chairman of the Sovereignty Council in Sudan - as a model.

Anyone who follows the movements of this man, since the first bullet in the war, through all the tragedies and pains that Sudan has been through, he is still brave, not tempted by the hopes of negotiations, nor frightened by the threats of sanctions, and with all steadfastness he emerges from behind every deal to announce that he is committed to a military solution, and that the Sudanese army is capable and in control of matters, despite the great cost.

The same was true of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in his war with the rebels. And so are the leaders who know that the cost of military solutions, despite their bitterness, is less expensive and less costly than the cost of entering into the labyrinths of peace, with no clear goals behind them other than prolonging the state of conflict to reshape the balance of power in a way that makes it difficult to decide in favor of any party..!

In a reality where all parties are equal in terms of strength and equipment, the doors and outlets for chaos, poverty, and the destruction of governmental and social institutions widen, and the family, customs, traditions, and norms are destroyed. The country is teeming with more military formations and political entities, which, with their multiplicity, create obstacles to sincere efforts for peace!

Although I do not like to repeat the usual official and governmental preamble: “We are not advocates of war, but it was imposed on us”; nevertheless, it is considered - in one way or another - the truth that should have been practically represented. Since this war has been imposed, we must be up to this responsibility. Since no one can return to his home, or his job, and does not receive his minimum entitlements; why do we still beg for a false peace? A peace that detracts from the presence of the state, and further enables the presence of the Houthi militias?

Ten years after the Houthi coup, legitimacy had reached the gates of the capital at the beginning of this black decade, and at more than one point, Yemenis watched the fighters and leaders of this group preparing to flee, like a thief inside a house whose owner was about to return to it. However, the illusion of peace operations and UN envoys were always at the forefront of those who played the role of the lawyer defending the Houthis..!!

So what do we expect from an international community that is keen on its interests? How can it try in vain to convince a party that there is no point in having a group that it sees as strategically and vitally useful for the continuation of its interests in the region?

There is no greater model than the model created by some African countries, whose generals were able last year to expel French colonialism, with France’s military power and internal influence through the connections it forged with local leaders and officers, and with the international support it possesses to strengthen its presence in Africa.

France was broken and left disappointed, humiliated, dragging the tails of defeat due to the true will of the generals who knew that the possible is stronger than the impossible, and that the impossible is nothing but a large wall preventing the achievement of goals and lofty demands.

The African model is evidence of the effectiveness of rebelling against international will, and proof that the powers that impose internationally prohibited military facts are not long in being courted by the international community and dealt with as variables, in order to preserve the continuity of interests, and to escape paying the price of military interventions that it can do without. This is what happened in Afghanistan as well.

Can we see the Yemeni legitimacy freed from external calculations, and begin to formulate its calculations according to the requirements of the national interest only?