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Hundreds of people have gathered outside Saudi Arabia’s embassy in the Lebanese capital city of Beirut to protest against the Saudi-led military aggression against people, which claimed the lives of thousands of civilians and left the country's infrastructure in ruins.
Demonstrators holding signs and placards chanted outside the residence on Sunday afternoon, with many calling on the United Nations and other world bodies to stop the massacres against the Yemeni people.
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The participants also denounced attempts by a number of Persian Gulf littoral states to normalize diplomatic relations with the Tel Aviv regime.
Lebanese security forces set up iron barriers in front of the Saudi embassy and removed protesters 100 away meters from the building. There were no reports of clashes between security forces and the demonstrators.
On Friday, thousands of Iraqis took to the streets in the capital Baghdad to express outrage over the Saudi-led aerial bombardment campaign against Yemen.
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating military campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the aim of bringing the government of former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power and crushing the country’s Houthi Ansarullah movement.
According to a new report by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, the Saudi-led war has so far claimed the lives of around 56,000 Yemenis.
The Saudi-led war has also taken a heavy toll on the country’s infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories. The UN has already said that a record 22.2 million Yemenis are in dire need of food, including 8.4 million threatened by severe hunger.
According to the world body, Yemen is suffering from the most severe famine in more than 100 years.
A number of Western countries, the US and Britain in particular, are also accused of being complicit in the ongoing aggression as they supply the Riyadh regime with advanced weapons and military equipment as well as logistical and intelligence assistance.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
