Yemenis hold rally in Sa'ada in support of armed forces after lightning advances
Yemenis have taken to the streets across the country’s northwestern Sa’ada province in a show of support for the country’s armed forces, who are defending the nation against illegal Saudi aggression and blockade.
They took part in the march on Friday upon a call by the leader of the Ansarullah resistance movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, to reaffirm their backing for Yemeni troops.
The rally was organized under the theme "support for the armed forces and the equation of blockade for blockade."
Situated near the Saudi Arabian border and considered as one of Ansarullah's main strongholds, Sa’ada province has frequently been targeted in Saudi aerial assaults over the past years.
Yemenis stage a massive rally in Saada in support of the armed forces and the “blockade-for-blockade” response.
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For more than a decade, Yemen has been gripped by conflict involving Ansarullah, as well as rival militants supported separately by Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Saudi Arabia also waged a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015, but it failed to reinstall a Riyadh-friendly regime there. In 2022, the kingdom agreed to a ceasefire with Ansarullah, but maintained its land, sea, and air blockade of the country.
In recent days, Yemen has launched operations in response to Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes, as well as its siege of the country for almost 12 years.
It has managed to push back Saudi-backed militants and take control of the port city of Mokha on the Red Sea coast, along with the strategically important Kahboub area.
The advances significantly strengthen the Yemeni army’s control over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic maritime passage between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden through which about 12 percent of the world’s oil and other goods are shipped.
Sana'a has also announced a reciprocal blockade on Saudi Arabia, noting that Saudi vessels cannot pass through the Strait and the Red Sea.
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