SANA’A (Dispatches) –
Thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets in major cities across the country to denounce the U.S. complicity in the Saudi war on the Arab country.
In the biggest rally, thousands of people poured into the streets in the central city of Sa’ad on Monday, carrying Yemeni flag and chanting anti-American and anti-Saudi slogan.
The massive protest was held under the slogan ‘The U.S. is Behind Military and Economic Conflict and Continuation of War and Siege of Yemen’.
Yahya Omran, acting provincial governor, issued a statement during the rally, saying all U.S. governments have sought to exploit Yemen in line with their own sinister interests.
The organizers of the protest said in a statement that Washington was misleading the world about its stance toward Yemen.
It said that the administration of President Joe Biden continues to provide Riyadh and its regional allies with military and political support, enabling them in continuing their aggression and horrendous crimes against the people of Yemen.
Saudi Arabia, backed by the U.S. and regional allies, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of reinstalling the regime of Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and dislodging the Ansarullah movement.
The war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead, and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases in the country.
Despite Saudi Arabia’s relentless bombardment of the impoverished country, Yemeni armed forces and the popular committees have grown in strength and left Riyadh and its allies bogged down in the country.
Yemen’s information minister has warned Saudi Arabia of “more painful and crippling” counterattacks in case Riyadh presses ahead with its war and brutal siege against its southern neighbor.
In remarks on Sunday, Dhaifullah al-Shami hailed the successful implementation of the “Eighth Deterrence Balance Operation” through the bombing of a number of military and vital targets inside Saudi Arabia, using 14 domestically-developed combat drones, Yemen’s official Saba news agency reported.
He underlined that the strikes come within the framework of the legitimate right of response, guaranteed by the country’s national law and international principles, against the continuing Saudi-led aggression and siege on Yemen.
In another development , Yemeni army troops and Popular Committees fighters have advanced to the southern edge of the strategic Ma’rib city in the central part of the country.
Al-Masirah television network reported that army forces and their allies had entered the al-Falaj area, which is among the last bastions of Saudi militants loyal to Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur in Ma’rib province.