Yemenis take part in a “million-strong” nationwide march of defiance, March 17, 2025.
Yemenis have staged massive nationwide rallies, vowing to confront the US aggression through military escalation, general mobilization, and economic embargoes against adversaries.
The demonstrations were held in the capital Sana’a and cities in other provinces on Monday.
The “million-strong” march of defiance came after the leader of the Ansarullah resistance movement Abdul Malik al-Houthi called for action in a televised speech broadcast live on Sunday.
“We announce our comprehensive move in response to the recent aggression and US escalation with military escalation, general mobilization, and economic boycott of the enemies,” said a statement read out during the nationwide event.
"We fear no one and bow to no one except Allah. We will confront escalation with escalation.”
The participants who held placards and shouted anti-US slogans vowed to confront the US-Israeli expansionist agenda across West Asia. They pledged to stand up against the US and its allies.
“We are prepared to confront all the tyrants of the earth without hesitation or fear and to offer all sacrifices in this cause.”
The statement stressed that, “We affirm our firm stance of standing with our brothers in Gaza in facing all the dangers targeting them.”
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of the Supreme Political Council for Ansarallah, also vowed to fight bullying by US President Donald Trump.
“You are mistaken, Trump. We are ready to face all the tyrants of the earth, to make sacrifices, and remain steadfast in our positions.”
“We are always with the Palestinians and will not abandon them. We will continue the siege on the enemy and confront them until the siege on Gaza is lifted.”
Under the authority of Ansarullah’s leader, Yemen’s Armed Forces began targeting key Israeli sites in October 2023, after the regime launched the campaign of genocide. The Yemeni display of support for the Palestinians has been on ever since.
On March 15, the US CENTCOM conducted airstrikes on Yemen, killing at least 53 people.
Trump had issued an executive order, sanctioning deployment of “overwhelming lethal force” towards forcing Sana’a into lifting the ban on Israel-bound shipping in the region.
Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement warned the armed forces of the country will target the US aircraft carrier and other US warships in the region.
The Yemeni demonstrators reasserted determination to resist and confront foreign aggression.
“We take pride in and are honored by the decision of our leader, who announced a 4-day deadline to lift the siege on Gaza, after which a siege will be imposed on the ships of the Zionist enemy entity,” the demonstrators said in their statement, referring to Houthi’s 4-day ultimatum to Tel Aviv.
Houthi firmly demanded the opening of Gaza’s crossings so that humanitarian aid supplies could reach the two-million-plus population of Gaza.
After the regime ignored the deadline, Yemen’s Armed Forces resumed enforcing their ban on Israeli vessels passing through the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden.
