On March 26, tens thousands of Yemenis marched through the country's capital, in a show of resolve despite a Saudi-led invasion which began a year earlier, a member of the Yemen General People's Congress Abdel-Malek al-Fuhaidy told Sputnik Arabic.
The General People's Congress is Yemen's ruling party, which supported the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement after it ousted Yemen's president in 2015. The March 26 rally was the largest in Yemen in years, even outpacing ones which led to the ouster of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"I believe that Sanaa confirms the fact that despite all the devastation and death in Yemen, Saudi Arabia will never kill the will of the Yemenis, their strength and determination, their dignity and right to defend their homeland. The bottom line regarding the year of aggression: Saudi Arabia failed in its war against the people of Yemen," al-Fuhaidy told Sputnik Arabic.
"Wherever Abed-Rabbuh was, hiding in one of Riyadh's hotel rooms, he can’t do a single thing about it; he can’t come back to his country; he is unwelcome. Nobody stands with him; he doesn’t have any legitimacy or whatsoever. This page of history is folded for good. Moreover, if there are any peace talks or solutions in the future, he will definitely not take a part in them," al-Fuhaidy told Sputnik Arabic.
According to UNICEF, the Saudi bombing campaign has been responsible for twice as many civilian casualties as all of the other forces involved in the war in Yemen combined. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enjoys the military backing of the United States.
