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Two years after the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition of Arab countries intervened against the Iran-backed Shiite rebels in Yemen, thousands of people in rebel-held Sanaa took to the streets and vowed to continue their resistance.

The protesters chanted slogans against "Saudi aggression" as they marched towards al Sabeen Square in the center of Yemen's capital city on Sunday.

Rebel leader Abdul Malik al Houthi said the Gulf coalition had been "living under the illusion that they can take Yemen in a week or a month ... but have sunk into the mud."

Saudi Arabia launched an air campaign against Shiite Houthi rebels in March, 2015. Riyadh accuses Tehran of backing the rebels, who have made significant territorial gains in the impoverished Middle Eastern country, capturing the capital Sanaa and ousting internationally recognized president Mansour Hadi.

Over 10,000 people have been killed and three million displaced since the start of the conflict. More than 21 million people - over 80 percent of Yemen's population - are in urgent need of aid, and some 9.4 million Yemenis have problems accessing water, according to the UN.

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http://m.dw.com/en/yemens-rebel-sup...resistance-on-conflict-anniversary/a-38127089

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[AKyemeni]

The lack of replies here is disheartening.

The war is so fucked up. Lotta sides to worry about and the innocent civilians caught in the middle are the ones being screwed over.

 

[Chococat]

It's a busy day. Following the Russian protest through Twitter. Good to see this one happening too.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

The lack of replies here is disheartening.

The war is so fucked up. Lotta sides to worry about and the innocent civilians caught in the middle are the ones being screwed over.

I honestly feel too ignorant to comment. I need to brush up on this situaion more, but it's so damm complicated I don't want to comment.

 

[Condom]

The lack of replies here is disheartening.

The war is so fucked up. Lotta sides to worry about and the innocent civilians caught in the middle are the ones being screwed over.

What is there left to say about Yemen? The country and it's people are victims of geopolitics and there is shit they can do about it outside of resisting until Saudi-Arabia wants a break. They will still have troubles after that because of the Iran connection and SA+their allies not liking that.
I am hopeless.

 

[sugarhigh4242]

The lack of replies here is disheartening.

The war is so fucked up. Lotta sides to worry about and the innocent civilians caught in the middle are the ones being screwed over.

It's really horrific. This is the damage of the Obama administration Democrats seem totally unable to see.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

It's really horrific. This is the damage of the Obama administration Democrats seem totally unable to see.

???

A lot of Dems/progressives hammered Obama for his drone bombings and such.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Why any Western country would join Saudi Arabia in their stupid religious wars is beyond me.

 

[emag]

Why any Western country would join Saudi Arabia in their stupid religious wars is beyond me.

Because it's not and hasn't been about religion, but rather the balance of power between Saudi and Iran in the region. The factions set out by the cold war continue to influence global politics and war, despite the fall of the USSR.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Because it's not and hasn't been about religion, but rather the balance of power between Saudi and Iran in the region. The factions set out by the cold war continue to influence global politics and war, despite the fall of the USSR.

It's essentially religion. Sunni vs. Shia. There isn't even any proof that Iran backed the Houthis, but the fact that they were Shia was enough to trigger the Sauds.

The West should take a neutral stance on this. It shames me to know that so many Western countries are supporting a dictatorship like Saudi Arabia.

 

[Wenger'sBakedBaguettes]

Another photo of the protest:

Video of the protest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvMTJnTLs20

Protests are massive like last year. Notice the huge attention given to the Russia protests in the media compared to the media silence on this. Another good example is the stark contrast in coverage between this war and the Syrian war. For those that haven't followed the Saudi/UAE & western world's (mainly US/UK) war on humanity in Yemen there have been massive protests in Yemen before including on the first anniversary of the war and while some new outlets picked up a bit of it there was pretty much a media silence back then as well. As usual the hypocrisy is staggering.

 

[siddx]

I live in the region and the dishonest bullshit in the news here trying to paint Iran and Yemen as some great evil to justify Saudis on going war against non Sunni Muslims is gross.

 

[Wenger'sBakedBaguettes]

General al-Asiri making no distinction between people and Houthis to justify blockade of humanitarian aid in world's worst famine created by the war crimes committed by US/UK-backed sectarian Saudi coalition

Note that while the blocking remains enforced the US/UK-backed Saudi forces are known to intentionally targeting food production and the agricultural sector through scorched-earth tactics in Yemen

This while weapon sales to SA under Obama and now under Trump reach new records while over 15 million Yemenis starve