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Yemen has faced an unbaiting violent Saudi-led war for 14 months in a campaign that has claimed thousands of civilian lives and severely damaged the country’s infrastructure, and with the addition of U.S. advisers, the war shows no sign of tapering down.
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Saudi army artillery fire shells towards Houthi movement positions at the Saudi border with Yemen April 15, 2015.
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Yemen’s Houthi fighters have formed a stiff barrier of resistance to the designs of Saudi and its Gulf allies, with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir declaring that "the Houthis are our neighbors," and that al-Qaeda and ISIS "must be confronted in Yemen and everywhere else," on May 12, 2016.
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The United Nations estimates that more than 6,400 people have been killed and 2.8 million displaced in Yemen.
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Houthi supporters hold a mass demonstration against Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa January 8, 2016.
However, despite the overwhelming firepower of the wealthy Gulf alliance, Yemen’s Houthi rebels have successfully pursued a strategy of guerrilla resistance against the invading forces, al-Qaida, and the Islamic State group - and their morale has remained unflagging throughout the grueling conflict.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
