Attack on Yemen might be the riskiest action taken by the US administration, and that risk is obvious. France and some other European powers refused to take part in it or even sign on the statement issued after the strike on Yemen that were carried out by the US and UK, and supported by a handful of other nation-states like Bahrain. In Yemen, on the other hand, Houthis government may have gained more support not only from the people living in the territories under its control, but even from territories still under the control of Saudi-backed government.
Some background for this emerging military confrontation between the US and the Sanaa government in Yemen: Houthis-run goverment in Yemen imposed a blockade on commercial ships that either belong to Israel or trading with Israel until the blockade imposed by Israel on Gaza and its war in Gaza are stopped. Although Houthis stated that no other ships will be denied transit, the US insisted that the actions taken by Yemen are threat to global commerce. It acted on this jsutification. After the strike, the Government of Sanaa said that it will retaliate and that it will continue to enforce the blockade until Gazans are allowed food and safety.
Now the aftermath of the attacks and the reaction of worl to it.
The British newspaper "The Telegraph" indicates that Paris refused to work jointly with its Western allies, and did not support the American and British air strikes against Yemen.
An unidentified French official told the British newspaper The Telegraph that Paris “fears that, by joining the US-led strikes, it will lose any influence it has in the talks to defuse tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.” France has focused much of its diplomacy in recent weeks on avoiding escalation in Lebanon.
According to The Telegraph newspaper, France did not sign a
statement of support for the US and British air strikes against Yemen, after
saying that it “will not participate in air strikes to protect maritime
navigation in the Red Sea.”
On the other hand, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands,
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Korea and Bahrain signed a joint
statement supporting the US-British strikes and warning against taking further
measures.
The Dutch also provided logistical assistance during the
strikes, but other major European powers, including France, Spain and Italy,
did not provide military or political support.
On the other hand, France, along with Italy and Spain,
refused to participate in the strikes, and avoided signing a statement
supporting them.
According to The Telegraph newspaper, Emmanuel Macron's
government refrained from joint action with its Western allies against Yemen,
in contrast to what happened with it in recent years, in Libya and Syria, when
its army participated in repelling ISIS attacks, according to its claim.
In turn, the joint commander of the French forces in the Red
Sea region, Admiral Emmanuel Sallars, said yesterday, Thursday, that “Paris’
current mandate does not include striking Ansar Allah directly.”
The American "Bloomberg" agency reported, in a
report, that US President Joe Biden is facing "his biggest test yet
regarding his ability to avoid a broader war in the Middle East," in the
wake of the American-British aggression against Yemen.
The British Sky News network reported on Friday that the American and British strikes are pushing more Yemenis to support Ansar Allah in Yemen.
According to the British Sky News correspondent, who spoke to people inside Yemen, and they told her how terrified they felt when the British and American missiles fell yesterday, the Yemenis view the United Kingdom and the United States as “igniting the war by supporting the Saudi-led coalition.” .
She pointed out that, after the recent British and American strikes, the Yemenis are increasing their support for Ansar Allah, and “Washington and London do not favor this matter at all.”
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