Iran Press/ Middle East: Addressing thousands of people in Al Hodeidah, Mohammad Ali al-Houthi, said: "The widespread participation of the Yemeni people in the squares and demonstrations on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the September 21 revolution is only because freedom and independence have been achieved."
He told the cheering crowd: "This large participation and these marches in Al-Hudaidah and other cities of the Republic of Yemen are not for money or post or anything else, but the people have gathered together for only one goal, which is freedom and independence."
Thousands of supporters of Yemenis rallied in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the September 21 revolution.
A vast crowd of supporters thronged Sanaa's central public squares waving the red, white, and black national colors, and chanting slogans against Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the United States. Some carried signs that read "Death to America".
"These are glorious days in Yemen's history, it's like we are born again because we rose... against the aggressors," said one protester, Hamdi Ziyad.
Similar rallies were also reported on Tuesday in northern provinces including Saada, Hodeidah, and Emran.
Meanwhile, Houthi forces pushed through frontlines and made advances in several districts in the central region of Marib and the southern area of Shabwa, military officials told Reuters.
Marib hosts Yemen's biggest gas fields while Shabwa has several oil fields and the country's sole liquified natural gas terminal.
Houthi fighters seized the Bayhan district and advanced towards Assilan in Shabwa, where Janna oil field is located, and attacked Hareb district in Marib, they said.
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