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Houthi leader says Yemenis have right to resist Saudi 'aggression'

ADEN (Reuters) - The leader of Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi rebels said on Sunday that Yemenis had the right to resist Saudi "aggression" by any means. The tone of Abdel-Malek al-Houthi's televised speech suggested he was in no mood to compromise despite pressure from Saudi-led airstrikes, which began targeting the militia more than three weeks ago. (This story removes reference to first speech) (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba and Noah Browning; writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Gareth Jones)