Fighting and new air strikes mark next phase in Yemen
Fighting and new air strikes mark next phase in Yemen
Al Jazeera and agencies, 23 Apr 2015
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Protests, continued fighting and fresh air strikes have marked the start of the Saudi-led coalition's new phase of operations in Yemen.
Thousands of Houthis fighters and their supporters took to the streets of the capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday to protest against the nearly month-long military offensive.
"We took to the street to condemn shelling [of] the civilians, bombarding [of] the residential areas," said Jamal al-Heefi, a Yemeni army solder loyal to the rebels and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"We are telling them, 'shame on you'. Why don’t you face us on the ground? Why don’t you fight like men? We will always face you as the Yemenis are solid like rocks."
Fresh air strikes were conducted on Wednesday, hours after Saudi Arabia said it had ended the air campaign against Houthis who forced out Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in February.
Thousands of Houthis fighters and their supporters took to the streets of the capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday to protest against the nearly month-long military offensive.
"We took to the street to condemn shelling [of] the civilians, bombarding [of] the residential areas," said Jamal al-Heefi, a Yemeni army solder loyal to the rebels and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"We are telling them, 'shame on you'. Why don’t you face us on the ground? Why don’t you fight like men? We will always face you as the Yemenis are solid like rocks."
Fresh air strikes were conducted on Wednesday, hours after Saudi Arabia said it had ended the air campaign against Houthis who forced out Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in February.