In a speech today celebrating the arrival of the new Islamic year 1444, the Ansar Allah leader Mohammad Ali al-Houthi congratulated Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Lebanese Islamic Resistance movement Hezbollah.

In this context, Al-Houthi hailed “Hezbollah and its Secretary General for presenting a distinguished model for over 40 years”.

Al-Houthi went on to say that "the Yemeni people, with their steadfastness and resilience over the past 8 years, encompassed a fine model of victory," adding "so did  free fighters in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Hezbollah." 

On the issue of normalization, the top Yemeni figure said that “arrogant tyrants are attempting to subject the Islamic nation by raising the title of normalization with Israel not to mention violating the sanctities of Muslims."

"This reveals their methods for taming Muslims to accept these violations, as they did previously against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinian people," he added.

It is worth noting that the Ansar Allah movement strongly condemned last month Saudi Arabia for allowing "Zionist elements to desecrate the sacred Islamic rites in Mecca and Medina," stressing that "the facilitations provided by the Saudi regime to the Jews come at a time when millions of pilgrims are barred from performing the Hajj."

In a statement, the movement added that "the visit of the Zionist channel's correspondent to Mecca and Mount Arafat, as well as other sacred sites, is a flagrant attack on Islamic sanctities and a provocation to Muslim feelings."

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