Thousands Protest in Yemen’s Capital against Deadly Saudi Aggression
Local Editor
Thousands of Yemenis on Friday have once again taken to the streets in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, to denounce Saudi Arabia’s deadly aggression against the country.
The demonstrators on Friday chanted slogans against Saudi Arabia, the US, and the ’Israeli’ regime amid deadly Saudi airstrikes against the country.
A speaker addressing the protesters said, ’Those who have betrayed Yemen and have signed an agreement with Riyadh to sell out the nation of Yemen will be forgotten in time.’
’The Yemeni people will stand strong in the face of this aggression,’ he added, stressing that, ’The aggression and alliance against Yemen has begun to disintegrate.’
One of the other speakers during the protest, the historian, Abdullah Khomein, described Yemeni people as ’courageous and generous,’ stressing that the aggressors ’should understand that we are strong and we will stand in our land.’
He further condemned ’the Saudi and Zionist aggression’ against Yemen, saying that, ’We are against Saudi intervention against Yemen.... ’
Additionally, another speaker said, ’We will continue to liberate every single meter of our land,’ adding that the aggressors aim to ’transform Yemen into a land of conflict, but we will resist.’
Saudi Arabia began its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
Over 1,200 people, including many women and children, have lost their lives in the Saudi aggression since March 26.
The Saudis claim that the airstrikes only target military positions. However, reports show that civilians and infrastructure in civilian areas are being attacked. Human Rights Watch [HRW] in a recent report said evidence shows that Saudi Arabia has used cluster bombs in Yemen’s northern province of Sa’ada in recent weeks.
