Hamas Chief Rejects Reports on Joining Riyadh in War on Yemen
Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:14
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Politburo chief of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement
Khaled Mashaal dismissed media reports on his positive response to Saudi
Arabia's demand for joining the war on Yemen.

"Hamas solely fights within the Palestinian territories and runs war just
against the occupiers and will fight for its own nation only," Mashaal was
quoted as saying by Palestine Today on Thursday.

He also elaborated on his recent visit to Riyadh, and said, "Palestine needs
support and help of all Arab and Islamic countries and Hamas doesn’t spare
any efforts for (liberating) Palestine."

It was for the first time in the past three years that Mashaal paid a visit
to Saudi Arabia.

Also in relevant remarks earlier this month, a senior Hamas member rejected
that the recent visit of Mashaal to Saudi Arabia would affect the movement's
relations with Iran.

"The visit of a delegation from this movement, including Khaled Mashaal, to
Saudi Arabia and improvement of Hamas-Riyadh relations will not influence
our ties with Tehran," Salah al-Bardawil said on Sunday.

He noted that Hamas will maintain its relations with all those who
financially, military and spiritually support the movement.

Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for 120 days now to restore power to
fugitive president Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

Hadi stepped down in January and refused to reconsider the decision despite
calls by Ansarullah revolutionaries of the Houthi movement.

Despite Riyadh's claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah
fighters, Saudi warplanes are flattening residential areas and civilian
infrastructures.

The Monarchy's attacks have so far claimed the lives of at least 5,178
civilians, mostly women and children.