365 Days of Saudi Coalition Aggression but Yemen is Steadfastly Resisting.

Vanessa Beeley
21st Century Wire

“Together against the tyrannical Saudi aggression,” read a large banner in the hands of the demonstrators as Saudi warplanes were flying overhead, reportedly breaking the sound barrier to frighten the protesters. ~ Al Manar

Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, to protest one year of Saudi coalition bombardment of the Yemeni people.  Despite the threat of Saudi jets hovering in the skies above them, the people of Yemen demonstrated their resistance and resilience, their determination to secure their right to decide their own future and to defend their national sovereignty.

They chanted their defiance at the infuriated Saudi war-planes who were witnessing the heart of the revolution against the largest absolute monarchy in the world. The Saudi despotic regime has perceived Yemen to be their fiefdom for decades and is attempting to violently silence their legitimate voice demanding freedom from Saudi colonialism and corruption.

These protests signalled to the Saudi coalition that it is the people of Yemen who have ultimate legitimacy.

In this first photo, thousands gather next to the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Sanaa. Huge posters displaying images of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh challenged the circling Saudi fighter jets.  Photograph AFP/Mohammed Huwais.

Protestors gathered at Saba’een Square, Sanaa to denounce Saudi aggression that has left over 9000 dead, one third of them, children. 

“US backed Saudi war criminals flying low over millions of Yemenis decrying war.” 

The following is a short piece written by one young 17 year old Yemeni girl, Fatima Noman, who epitomizes Yemen’s unbroken spirit and refusal to bow down to the Saudi coalition illegal war of aggression.

365 Days are Longer Than a Year

We urge you to read this young girl’s extraordinarily moving essays on her blog:  The Ambiguous Odyssey

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Author Vanessa Beeley is a contributor to 21WIRE, and since 2011, she has spent most of her time in the Middle East reporting on events there – as a independent researcher, writer, photographer and peace activist. She is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Syria Solidarity Movement, and a volunteer with the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine. See more of her work at her blog The Wall Will Fall.

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