(22 Sep 2023)
YEMEN MILITARY PARADE
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sanaa, Yemen - 21 September 2023
1. Aerial shot of military parade by the Houthi rebels to mark nine years since the takeover of Sanaa ++MUTE++
2. Various of masked militants marching at parade
3. Wide of parade
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdulrahman al-Ahnomi, editor-in-chief of the Yemeni Revolution newspaper:
"Today’s military parade is characterized by a very large display of strategic weapons, ballistic missiles, drones, and naval weapons. It is also characterized by the large presence of people and by its military discipline. This sends several messages inside the country and abroad."
5. Vehicles loaded with military equipment
6. Vehicle carrying a ballistic missile with text written on it reading (Arabic): "Flood"
7. Aerial of vehicles at parade ++MUTE++
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdo al-Jundi, member of the Supreme Political Council:
"We do not seek peace that is based on surrender, but we seek peace based on justice, where we reclaim our rights and sovereignty. And then, we will not harm anyone, and our weapons will be used for self defense. We will turn to liberating Palestine and beyond."
9. Aerial shots of vehicles loaded with military drones and various kind of missiles ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Yemen's Houthi rebels held a military parade in Sanaa on Thursday to mark 9 years since their takeover of the city.
The display of hundreds of armed militants, several long-range missiles and drones in the capital of the country, took place the same week the Houthis traveled to Saudi Arabia for peace talks with members of the kingdom.
Yemen’s war began when Iran-backed Houthi rebels descended from their strongholds in northern Yemen and seized the capital of Sanaa in 2014, forcing the internationally recognized government to flee to the south then into exile in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia entered the war in 2015, heading a military collation with the United Arab Emirates and other Arab nations.
The coalition, which was supported by the United States, carried out a destructive bombardment campaign and backs government forces and militias in the south.
The conflict became a proxy war between regional foes Saudi Arabia and Iran.
But all sides appear to be looking for a solution after nine years of a war that killed more than 150,000 people, fragmented Yemen and driven the Arab world’s poorest country into collapse and near starvation in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
AP video shot by Maad Al Zekri
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