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Yemenis slam Riyadh for ongoing aggression

Yemenis take to streets of Sana'a on May 18, 2015, to condemn the ongoing military aggression by Saudi Arabia against their country.

Yemenis have taken to the streets to condemn the ongoing aggression by Saudi Arabia on the impoverished country.

Thousands of Yemenis attended a mass rally in the capital Sana’a on Monday to express the steadfastness in the face of brutal attacks by Saudi Arabia, saying that the aggression will not deter them from pursuing the goals of the revolution.

Chanting “Death to America" and "Death to Israel,” the protesters condemned Saudi Arabia’s collusion with other powers against the defenseless Yemeni people.

A speaker, representing the Yemeni children, addressed to the people about the sufferings of kids during the brutal aggression, saying the international powers have kept silent on Saudi’s criminal attacks against women and children.

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The protesters condemned an ongoing conference on Yemen in the Saudi capital Riyadh, saying those attending the meeting are holding dialogue over the corpses and bodies of children and women who have been killed in the country.

They also slammed the attendants of the meeting for calling the fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi as the legitimate president, saying, “A fleeing minority does not represent anything but ugliness,” “We are the legitimacy,” the protester chanted.

The talks in the Saudi capital come amid a huge shortage of food, water and medicine in Yemen, which has crippled the country as a result of Saudi Arabia’s blockade on the impoverished nation. Many Yemenis continue to suffer as a result of the lack of basic necessities with international organizations, warning that the continued embargo could put millions at risk of massive hunger.

Another speaker elaborated on the situation of some Arab countries in the Middle East, including Iraq and Syria, saying powers like Saudi Arabia and allies failed in their plots to destabilize those countries and have now targeted Yemen.

“This is not Iraq or Syria,” the speaker said, warning that the consequences of destroying Yemen for the Saudis would be “huge.”

Saudi Arabia launched its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement, which currently controls the capital, Sana’a, and other major provinces, and to restore power to Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.

According to Yemen's Freedom House Foundation, the Saudi airstrikes have claimed the lives of at least 3,979 Yemeni people so far while more than 6,887 others have been wounded.

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