Bangkok strike update

Min Han Htet, co-founder and spokesperson of the Alliance of Student Unions Yangon, said the strike by itself might not make a significant difference. Solidarity appeared strong among operators of even the smallest shops in Yangon, but at least a few apparently paid a price for their defiance, as photos posted on social media showed fittings such as tables and chairs confiscated by security forces from some.

Since Thursday, authorities had announced in some neighborhoods that action would be taken against shops which close without an acceptable reason. A shopkeeper from the market in Muse in northern Shan state said the official Township Development Committee threatened over a loudspeaker on Friday morning that it would take action against closed shops. Protesters wearing black attire, as suggested by strike organizers, marched silently in Shwebo in Sagaing region. People at home, also dressed in black, posted selfies showing them holding small handmade posters.

Our city, our rules. Staying silent or active is our choice. Malki showed reporters a video clip which he said depicted "the headquarters of Iranian and Hezbollah experts at the airport" where, he alleged, "Hezbollah is training the Huthis to booby-trap and use drones".

Malki showed other clips which he said depicted a Hezbollah member placing explosives in a drone, and a man he identified as a Hezbollah official telling Huthi members "we must strengthen our ranks". The Arab military coalition led by Riyadh intervened in Yemen in to back the internationally recognised government, a year after the Huthis overran the capital Sanaa.

Since then, tens of thousands of people have been killed, in what the United Nations has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The Huthis come from the minority Zaidi Shiite sect of Islam and have their traditional stronghold in Yemen's mountainous north. Between and , they fought six wars against Yemen's then-government and battled Saudi Arabia in after storming over the border. The deaths of two people overnight Friday from a rebel missile strike on the Saudi city of Jazan were the first such deaths in the kingdom in three years.

On Sunday, Malki said the international community must "stop hostile acts by this terrorist organisation," a reference to Hezbollah. Since January the Huthis have launched ballistic missiles and drones towards Saudi Arabia, he said.

Sunday evening the coalition announced it had made new strikes near an air force academy in Sanaa to prevent weapons from being moved. Earlier Sunday the coalition said it had struck a Huthi rebel camp in Sanaa, destroying weapons warehouses. On Saturday, the coalition launched what it called a "large-scale" military operation against the Huthis after the rebel missile strike that hit Jazan. Related News. India, Britain launch talks on free trade deal. Final of Asian Champions League set to move to China defends sweeping maritime claims after US criticism.

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