these were government forces later that evening. they re backed by saudi arabia, who hoped for a quick victory when they intervened in 2015. machine gun fire. ..and now can t find a way out. they re shooting at houthi fighters who believe they re winning, despite losing almost 15,000 dead sincejune. their big ally is iran. the strategic divide between the saudis and iranians and their allies that runs through this valley continues across the middle east. these government soldiers have been pushed back by the houthis. their commander says that doesn t mean they re losing. translation: it s true i that there are advances by the enemy, but war is like this. it s a normal thing in war. however, our men are resisting because they are protecting their country. but in marib hospital, the pain inflicted by the houthi offensive is clear in the operating theatres and the wards.
yemenis, because big regional powers have intervened. the people are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. they sing. government soldiers took us to the front line. marib has become the key battlefield of the war, but it s about more than yemenis fighting for strategic, oil rich territory. the houthis, the other side, started to push at the beginning of the year around here. it s really intensified since about september. gunfire. these were government forces later that evening. they re backed by saudi arabia, who hoped for a quick victory when they intervened in 2015. machine gun fire.
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run right through the middle east. they sing. government soldiers took us to the front line. marib has become the key battlefield of the war, but it s about more than yemenis fighting for strategic, oil rich territory. the houthis, the other side, started to push at the beginning of the year around here. it s really intensified since about september. gunfire. these were government forces later that evening. they re backed by saudi arabia, who hoped for a quick victory when they intervened in 2015. machine gun fire. ..and now can t find a way out. they re shooting at houthi fighters who believe they re winning, despite losing almost 15,000 dead sincejune. their big ally is iran. the strategic divide
and the way this war ends is not in the hands of yemenis, because big regional powers have intervened. the people are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. they sing. government soldiers took us to the front line. mareb has become the key battlefield of the war but it s about more than yemenis fighting for strategic, oil rich territory. the houthis, the other side, started to push at the beginning of the year around here. it s really intensified since about september. gunfire. these were government forces later that evening. they re backed by saudi arabia, who hoped for a quick victory when they intervened in 2015. machine gun fire. ..and now can t find a way out.