The adviser to the Minister of Defense, and the spokesman of the coalition forces to support the legitimacy in Yemen Maj.Gen. Ahmed Asiri has said that they will not accept what he described as "gray ideas" which makes the coupers part of the solution in Yemen. Maj.Gen. Asiri said, during a seminar entitled (Developments of the current situation and the future of peace in Yemen) held at the Institute of the Arab world in Paris, that the Arab Coalition seeks a comprehensive political solution that satisfies everyone. He reiterated that the solution in Yemen must include the implementation of international resolutions and Yemeni's willness. He added that the coalition aims to preserve the existence of Yemeni state. He said that it is not in the interest of the region or the world that Yemen becomes a failed state without a government. Maj.Gen. Asiri said that the military operations in Yemen are carried out cautiously to protect civilians, while the Houthi militia puts its command and control centers among the civilians. He stressed that the coalition does not use free-fall bombs to endanger civilians, pointing out that the military operations in Yemen are taking place in dangerous areas because of its intensity population. Maj. Gen. Asiri pointed out that the urgency in implementing military plans in Yemen may lead to losses while the policy of siege of militias has effective results, stressing that the Yemeni government is working to train young people on security work and the fight against terrorism. Asiri said that the coalition implements a maritime ban, not a blockade; meaning that they make sure who is using the waters, which challenges those who claim that the siege led to a famine. He said that the port of Hudaydah has become a base for targeting the traffic navigation in Bab al-Mandab, revealing that the coalition was clear to the international community "either inspection or submission to the legitimacy forces." For his part, Yemeni Information Minister Muammar Al-Iryani said that the international organizations revealed a terrible reality for journalists in Yemen. "It came to the point of carrying out assassinations against journalists by the rebels."
