READER COMMENTS

The State of Yemen has made great efforts to hold the tournament on its territory. The security forces have played a significant role in protecting sports fans against terrorists and saboteurs, especially as these matches are attended by many of the public and sports fans from all the Gulf countries to encourage their national teams. The role of the security forces is very important, because they are the first ones to control the terrorist acts that may occur, God forbid, during the matches taking place on the territory of Yemen, and it is certainly a big and very serious responsibility.

The success of Yemen in hosting the Gulf Championship is a new slap in the face of the dirty terrorist organization of al-Qaeda, because it failed to affect the security of the fans, despite its threats on many occasions to target Yemen, to topple the Yemeni government and to make Yemen look like a country that lives at the mercy of the terrorists, who control it completely.

We have to thank the security forces that protected the safety of the participating teams in the Gulf Cup in Yemen, in addition to the safety of the fans, who came to Yemen to support their national teams. This is a new achievement for the Yemeni security forces, because Yemen is witnessing a real crisis during this period and before, because of the terrorist acts that were carried out by the Houthis. All these developments were very alarming, to the extent that some participating countries demanded that the championship be held in another country that enjoys security and stability, to ensure the safety of the players and the fans against any terrorist acts that might affect the participating national teams. Of course, these fears are justified, because the dirty terrorist organization of Al-Qaeda is very active in Yemen, and it has committed many crimes against the Yemeni people and government. All parties expected that this championship and its developments would be attacked by Al-Qaeda, which has certainly planned some attacks, with the aim of making this championship fail. They also tried to make Yemen appear as a weak country in front of the world. However, all the bets of Al-Qaeda were unsuccessful, after all these major security preparations among all the Yemeni security agencies. The result was that the security situation was very good and normal, and without any problems or tragic events.

The security forces have really succeeded in providing safety, putting into operation a plan for removing all terrorist threats and preventing any security breaches in Yemen for the duration of the championship, even though Al-Qaeda of Yemen has declared that it would work on sabotaging the championship with terrorist attacks targeting the visiting delegations. However, not even one of these wretches has dared to even step out onto the street to do such a thing, for they know what the Yemeni security apparatus is capable of. This capability has been recently demonstrated during the fight between the security apparatus and the terrorists in the south of Yemen, who suffered a major defeat within a few days. That is why nobody dares to try to manipulate the security situation to target the visiting delegations and the fans, thanks to the security apparatus and its successful experience and honorable hospitality. The opening was beautiful and was attended by thousands of spectators, heads of state and other well-known figures, and during the opening, everything worked according to the plan set up and announced by the security apparatus.