AMID the ongoing bombardment of Yemen, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come down heavily on the US and UK for striking Houthis rebels in Yemen and a strong-worded comment said that the nations are seeking to transform the Red Sea into a ‘sea of blood.’ The fearless Turkey leader also compared Israel Benjamin Netanyahu to Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler at a recent rally in Istanbul.
Responding to media personnel over the ongoing air strikes by the US and UK in Yemen targeting Houthis, the Turkish president said, “All that has been done is a disproportionate use of force.” “At the moment, they are trying to turn the Red Sea into a sea of blood, and Yemen, with the Houthis and by using all of its force, says it is and will give the necessary response in the region to the United States, Britain,” he added.
Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea region, which holds importance for global transport and trade due to its strategic location and key waterways. Erdogan said that the Houthis in Yemen are putting up a “very successful defence, response” against the US and the UK attacks. Speaking over its own security amid the escalating situation, Erdogan said that it is in the works to see “how it can protect itself against all that is happening”. Notably, as US and EU consider Hamas as a terror group, Ankara does not. Turkey had expressed support for the Yemeni government.
Commenting on the retaliatory strikes, a NATO spokesperson reportedly said that the “strikes were defensive and designed to preserve freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most vital waterways.” Meanwhile, Iran and Russia have condemned the strikes by US and British forces. While Iran called the strikes “an arbitrary move” that “clearly breached Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and was against international laws and regulations”, Russia termed it “illegitimate” and an act for “trying to adjust the international law system to its actions.
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