Yemeni Ambassador: Siege against Syria and Yemen causes the humanitarian crisis

DAMASCUS, March 24 (YPA) –  The Yemeni ambassador in Damascus, Abdullah Sabri, stressed unity of stance, destiny and joint ties linking the two peoples in Yemen and Syria.

This came during Sabri’s speech at a political-intellectual symposium on the Yemeni people resistance under the motto “Yemen Seven Years of resistance” organized by the Arab Writers Union, in cooperation with Yemeni al Masirah TV. at the Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus.

Sabri stressed that the coercive economic blockade imposed by the United States and the West on the two peoples constitutes the actual root of the humanitarian crisis in both countries.

For his part, Mohamed al-Hourani, chairman of the Union, expressed the writers and intellectuals’ support to Yemeni people in their struggle and their rejection of normalization in all its forms, in defending their land and rights.

Researcher Bassam Abu Abdullah pointed out that the common denominator between the steadfastness of the Syrian and Yemeni peoples was the faith to confront the same forces of aggressionو the siege and their tools.

while Anwar Raja, leader of the Palestinian Popular Front (General Command) said that “Yemen is part of any regional battle for the liberation of Palestine. Syrian and Yemeni blood is the same as the Palestinian and our victory is the same.”

“The Yemeni people have given a lesson to those who want to exterminate them how the oppressed win with their steadfastness and will,” said  Hamid Rizq, director of political programs for Al-Mashirah TV channel.

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