Tahrir Square in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a has witnessed on Monday evening a torch lighting ceremony in honour of the 61st anniversary of the September 26 Revolution.
During the ceremony, the scouting cubs and youth scouts presented a youth show, accompanied by military music and patriotic melodies, reflecting the joys of the Yemeni people on this glorious occasion.
The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Abdulaziz bin Habtoor, Minister of Defence Major General Mohammed Nasser al-Atifi, and a number of officials.
At the ceremony, the speeches stressed the importance of continuing to “implement the goals of the September 26 Revolution and correct its course through the September 21 Revolution.
On 26 September 1962, a revolution broke out against the monarchy in North Yemen, which was an independent state at the time. Revolutionary republican forces, backed by Egypt and the Soviet Union, faced off against the royalists who were supported by Saudi Arabia and the British. Eventually, the Yemen Arab Republic was proclaimed after the revolutionary victory, paving the way for the modern Yemeni republic.
