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Yemenis defiant in the face of nonstop of Saudi-led aggression

Tuesday, 07 April 2015 2:00 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 07 April 2015 8:18 AM ]

Yousef Mawry
Press TV, Sana'a

The Saudi-led bombardment continues to leave trails of deaths and destruction throughout Yemen.
In their fresh strikes, the Saudi-led planes have bombed a power plant in the northern Sa’ada province.

Overnight, eight members of a family, mostly women and children, were killed in Saudi-led assaults.
In the capital Sana’a, the quality of life has deteriorated. Downtown residents say Saudi warplanes have carried out airstrikes for twelve straight days.

Saudi Arabia had also blocked three humanitarian aid shipments bound for Yemeni cities.

But, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it’s got the green light to send and aid cargo plane to Sana’a.

Ibraheem al-Muta, a Sana’a-based journalist believes the nonstop air raids seek to force the Yemeni people to surrender and accept dialogue with Saudi-imposed terms.

Meanwhile, fierce clashes are going on between the Ansarullah fighters and militias loyal to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi. Medical sources say at least a hundred people have been killed over the past two weeks of clashes in the city of Aden. The International Committee of the Red Cross has called for a 24-hour humanitarian truce in Yemen’s second city.
Despite the intensified Saudi-led aggression against Yemen, the Ansarullah movement continues to gain ground south of the country, making advances in the southern city of Aden.

The mood is however defiant. People say they expect the Saudi-led air assault to continue for now but say they will not bow down to the demands of the Saud family.

Salah al-Samad, a prominent Houthi official who was once an adviser to former President Hadi says dialogue is possible only if Saudi Arabia ends its continuous aggression and respects the sovereignty of Yemen.

As Saudi-led warplanes continue to pound Yemeni cities, the Ansarullah movement says it is willing to negotiate; however, it insists that the preconditions for dialogue must meet the interest and aspirations of Yemeni people.

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