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The leader of the Houthi Ansarullah movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi, said that Saudi Arabia is allying with "Israel" and is practicing the ugliest forms of oppression amid a US-led Saudi aggression on Yemen. 

He made the remarks as thousands of Yemeni protesters took to the street across the country on Friday to condemn the Saudi aggression on their country.

In the televised speech, Sayyed al-Houthi elucidated the main reasons behind the exploitation of some Muslim nations at the hands of the big powers, saying that subservient rulers in the past were mainly to blame for the current miserable condition in some Islamic countries. 

He said that the oppressors strengthened their rule over Muslims over the years, adding that the Ummah must make efforts to get rid of the oppression. 

"Our situation today is the result of what happened in the past, which transferred the Islamic Ummah, which had international influence, to what it is today", said Sayyed al-Houthi.

He accused Saudi Arabia of allying with tyrant and corrupt regimes, saying that the kingdom is repeating historical mistakes in a more obvious manner.

"Saudi Arabia is allying with "Israel", like what happened in the early years of Islam..., when rulers... were against the teachings of Prophet Muhammad [PBUH and his progeny]; Saudis today are doing the same", Sayyed al-Houthi said. 

He further said that some rulers of the Muslim countries are taking advantage of the resources of the Islamic world.

He added that the interpretation of Islam provided by tyrant rulers and like-minded clerics are completely against the true teachings of Islam.

Furthermore, Sayyed al-Houthi said that thousands of Yemeni people, including women and children, have been killed in the seven-month-long military aggression by Saudi Arabia, while some clerics "authorize such crime and oppression in their religious decrees".

"Today, the biggest suffering for our people is the existence of corrupt governments", he said.

A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out a military aggression on Yemen by launching airstrikes against the country since March 26. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the United Nations [UN].