🇾🇪🇸🇦|Saudi Arabia shut down the airports in Yemen. Now, their own airports are shut down, too. Sanaa International Airport. April 2015: Saudi warplanes bombed the runway. August 2016: It was shut down completely. Seven years. Not seven days. Not seven months. Seven years. The airport of a nation’s capital, destroyed by the air force of another country, then blockaded, then barred from operation. The United Nations calls it a "humanitarian crisis." Saudi Arabia calls it a "security measure." The United States calls it "supporting an ally." The United Kingdom calls it "compliance with export licensing." France calls it "fulfilling contractual obligations." And the people of Yemen? They are locked inside a country without an airport. Patients cannot travel abroad for medical treatment. Students cannot go abroad to study. Families cannot visit relatives overseas. Merchants cannot travel for trade. Pilgrims cannot fly directly to Mecca. Pregnant women cannot be transported for emergency care. Cancer patients cannot receive chemotherapy on schedule. They are forced to travel overland from Sanaa to Aden, from Aden to the border, from the border to Djibouti, from Djibouti to Amman, from Amman to Istanbul, from Istanbul to Bangkok, from Bangkok to Beijing. Hundreds of kilometers. Dozens of hours. Countless checkpoints. Countless bribes. Endless waiting. And today, their airports are shut down. King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. King Fahd International Airport in Dammam. Abha International Airport. Najran Airport. King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. Yemeni missiles have landed on their runways. Yemeni drones have entered their airspace. Yemeni cruise missiles have struck their facilities. For the first time, the Saudis are getting a taste of what it means to have "airports shut down." 💥 What are they experiencing? They are experiencing flight cancellations. Not just "delays" or "adjustments" but outright cancellations. "No flights available." "When will they resume? Who knows." They are experiencing diversions. Not "connecting flights" or "layovers" but forced diversions. The journey involves flying from Riyadh to Dubai, from Dubai to Muscat, from Muscat to Karachi, and from Karachi to the final destination. They have experienced travel by land not a "road trip" or a "chartered vehicle," but hundreds of kilometers across desert highways, enduring tens of hours of jolting travel, scorching sun, and dust, with no rest stops along the way. They have lived with "unpredictability" not in the sense of "we’ll see tomorrow," but in the sense that "today, there is no way to know what tomorrow will bring." Will the airport open? Who knows. Will a missile strike? Who knows. Will there be another flight? Who knows. This has been the daily reality for the people of Yemen for the past seven years. 🎯 What have the people of Yemen experienced? They have experienced what amounts to a "life sentence" not a fixed seven-year term, but seven years without an airport, seven years without direct flights, seven years forced to rely solely on land routes, and seven years watching their own country remain locked away. They have experienced "medical death." According to the World Health Organization, approximately 2,000 Yemeni patients require medical treatment abroad every month. With the airports closed, they cannot travel. Patients with kidney failure die while waiting; cancer patients die while waiting; those with heart conditions die while waiting. They have experienced "family separation." Students cannot go abroad to study; workers cannot travel for employment; families cannot reunite; parents cannot visit their children, and children cannot visit their parents. They have experienced the "humiliation of the Hajj." Yemenis cannot fly directly to Mecca. They must take a detour through Djibouti, apply for visas, wait for permits, and endure weeks of delays all this for Muslims, traveling to Mecca, located in Saudi Arabia a nation that styles itself the "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques." This strikes at the most fundamental principles; it is a form of deprivation that is nothing short of cruel. 📜 The scene today In Saudi Arabia: Airports are closed, flights are canceled, travelers are stranded, luggage is piling up, and airlines have suspended operations. Yet, the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation claims that "operations are gradually resuming." In Yemen: The airports remain closed and have been for seven years. There is no "gradual resumption." There is no such thing as a "suspension of operations." There is only "indefinite closure." Travelers in Saudi Arabia: complaining, angry, demanding compensation. Meanwhile, the Saudi government says, "Safety is our top priority." Patients in Yemen: dying, waiting, forgotten. Meanwhile, the Saudi government says, "It’s Iran’s fault." ⚔️ The Cosmic Ledger This is not "retaliation." This is not "an eye for an eye." It is the law of the universe in motion. You shut down their airports; they shut down yours. You bombed their runways; they bombed yours. You forced them to travel by land; they forced you to take detours. You made them wait; they made you wait. "O my Lord, how just You are." It is not "justice" taking "revenge." It is "justice" keeping a record a record of who shut down the airports first, who bombed the runways first, who caused patients to die while waiting, who tore families apart, and who forced pilgrims to take long detours. And every entry in that ledger will be settled. It is not that there is no reckoning; it is simply that the time had not yet come. But now, the time has come. 🔻 The Mirror Saudi Arabia claims: "We are striking military targets." Yemen’s airports respond: "You bombed runways, terminals civilian aviation infrastructure." Saudi Arabia claims: "We are protecting our national security." Yemen’s patients respond: "You left me to die while I waited." Saudi Arabia claims: "We are the 'Custodians of the Two Holy Mosques.'" Yemen’s pilgrims respond: "You forced me to detour through Djibouti, made me apply for visas, and kept me waiting for weeks all because I simply wanted to go to Mecca." And today, your airports are closed. Your flights are canceled. Your travelers are stranded. What are you tasting now? You are tasting a "small fraction," a mere sliver of what the people of Yemen have endured for seven years. A "small fraction." Not an "equivalent" measure, not the "full extent" just a "small fraction." Yet, even this small fraction has been enough to fill you with rage. Have the seven years endured by the people of Yemen made you angry? No. Because, in your ledger, the lives of the Yemeni people do not count as "lives." They are merely an "acceptable cost." And today, in the ledger of the Yemenis, your lives count as nothing more than "a small fraction." Long live Yemen. Long live Ansar Allah. Long live the Resistance. Long live the Axis of Resistance.