WASHINGTON — Members of the Yemeni community in the US held a demonstration on Monday outside the United Nations headquarters in New York where they voiced their support for a Saudi-led military campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Protesters said they held former president Ali Abdullah Saleh responsible for the situation in the embattled country. They also blamed the extremist wing of his political party – the General People's Congress – and the Houthi militia, who took control of Sanaa earlier this year. Separately, the spokesperson of a Yemeni community in the US called upon the United Nations to adopt a resolution on Yemen, making the Arab intervention an international one, Al Arabiya reported. The protest condemned the Houthi-led coup in Yemen and demanded that those held responsible be prosecuted in the International Criminal Court as war criminals. Saudi Arabia is leading a 10-state coalition against Houthi rebels in a campaign that started five days ago. Operation ‘Decisive Storm' has seen a series of airstrikes that targeted Houthi-held areas throughout Yemen. Meanwhile, the representative of mufti of Lebanon in Australia and imam and preacher of Khalid Bin Al-Walid Mosque in Sydney, Sheikh Malek Zeidan, expressed appreciation for the role of the Kingdom in the defense of Arab and Islamic issues. He described the ‘Decisive Storm' as a great historic achievement and a courageous position uniting Arabs and Muslims. — SG
