Yemenis Stage Massive Rally against US Support of Saudi War on Yemen

Tens of thousands of people have held a massive rally in the Yemeni capital Sana’a to voice their outrage at the US and Saudi Arabia for waging a deadly military campaign against the impoverished Arab country.

The demonstrators marched through Ma’rib Street in central Sana’a after Friday prayers, carrying Yemeni flags and banners in condemnation of US President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to the Saudi capital Riyadh later this month, According to Press TV.

 Participants in the rally also shouted slogans such as, “No to American terrorism,” renewing the Yemeni people’s steadfastness in the face of the Saudi aggression, which has been supported by the US.

The protesters condemned Washington for being complicit in the Saudi crimes against the Yemeni nation by providing the Al Saud regime with conventional and banned weapons.

In a speech to the demonstrators, Supreme Revolutionary Committee Chairman Muhammad Ali al-Houthi said the massive rally would be a prelude to a yet larger protest to be held concurrent with Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia.

Protesters also condemned some Gulf states for publicly aiding the Saudi regime in its brutal campaign against Yemenis and destroying their country.

UN warns about Saudi attack on Yemeni port

Meanwhile, the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned that a possible Saudi attack on Yemen’s Houthi-controlled port city of Hudaydah could displace several hundred thousands of people.

“A minimum of 400,000 people will flee the city eastwards, once Hudaydah is under attack,” said IOM Director of Operations and Emergencies Mohammed Abdiker in a statement.

Located in the southern Yemeni province of Tai’zz, Hudaydah is part of a broad battlefront where Saudi forces are fighting the Yemeni army and its allies, who are in control of most of Yemen’s northern and western regions. Some 80 percent of the war-torn country’s food imports and relief aid also come through the port.

Despite repeated assaults and heavy bombardments, Saudi Arabia has failed to seize the strategic port. On March 19, Riyadh called for jurisdiction over Hudaydah to be transferred to the UN, a move which the world body rejected.

H.M