Yemenis in a Funeral Procession of the President
Tens of thousands of Yemenis have taken to Sana’a, Yemen Capital, to hold a funeral procession for president of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council and his bodyguards who were killed in Hodeida when he was Preparing for a demonstration against an expect attack on in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida on April 19, by Saudi airstrikes
Saudi-led Coalition launched raids near the funeral ceremony, killing an one civilian and other injured amid presence of the new President of Yemen , Mahdi Al-Mashat, the head of the House of Representatives, the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, the Prime Minister and, ministers, military leaders and social figures
In a historical scene never was witnessed in the Yemeni capital Sana’a before, six pick-up trucks bearing the bodies of al Sammad and his bodyguards were escorted by soldiers in dress uniform along with a crowd of thousands in al Sabain district, who arrived from Sana’a and from various Yemeni governorates, holding pictures of al Sammad
In a retaliation, Yemen Air Force fired 8 ballistic missiles, Bader 1, at different economical and vital targets in Jaizan southern Saudi Arabia. The missiles had hit the targets but no further details on the exact locations of the targets and the possible casualties and the extent of damage caused
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Health and Population appealed to international organizations to support the National Center for Blood Transfusion and Research in order to resume its work. The center was targeted by US-Saudi aggression last night it is now suffering from depletion and a lack of blood solutions
The officials in Sana`a held the United States responsible for the recent assassination of the country’s Head of the Supreme Political Council, Saleh al-Samad, which came after Sammad`s calling for a demonstration against expected US intervention in Hodeida attack, stating that Saudi Arabia is not capable of carrying out such a complex operation
Yemen’s Air Force and Air Defense Commander Major General, Ibrahim al-Shami, said that a US MQ-9 Reaper drone fired a missile into Samad’s residence in Hodeida, adding Saudi Arabia’s capabilities are limited. Americans planned and then executed this intricate operation”
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, Leader of Ansarullah, has held, in via a televised speech on Saturday, the United States chiefly responsible for the recent assassination of al-Samad, saying ” the Americans played the leading role in Samad’s murder, and their fighter jets closely monitored the entire phases of the operation
On Wed Apr 25, Yemeni people have held a massive rally in the port city of Hudaydah, located 150 kilometers southwest of the capital Sana’a, on April 19, to condemn in respond to Alsammad`s invitation to make it clear to US and Saudi-led Coalition that the invaders will be received with rifles and daggers
Sammad, who was chosen by the only parliament in the country on June 2016, was an influential figure in resistance against a more-than-three-year-old war imposed by Riyadh on the impoverished country. He was also number two on the Saudi-led coalition’s most-wanted list
The United States government supports Saudi Arabia which is the most dictatorial regime in the region, causing one of the most mass violations of international law and collective murder in modern history
Saudi-led Coalition has launched a military campaign against the poorest country in the middle east, supported by US`s military action, that left 600,000 civilians dead and injured since March 2015, according to The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights