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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.
Saudi army artillery fire shells towards Houthi movement positions at the Saudi border with Yemen April 15, 2015.
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.
The United Nations estimates that more than 6,400 people have been killed and 2.8 million displaced in Yemen.
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
