🇾🇪|When an Al-Masirah TV reporter entered the newly liberated town of Al-Turbah, the first words spoken to him by residents who stopped him were:

"The nightmare is over."

This was no mere slogan. It was the first breath of relief heaved from the very depths of their chests by residents who had lived for years under the rule of Saudi proxies, as they watched Ansarallah forces drive their pickup trucks into town.

On the scene: singing, dancing, and the *Sarkha* slogan echoing through the streets.

Al-Masirah TV’s cameras captured the events of that afternoon. As the Ansarallah fighters’ pickup trucks rolled onto Al-Turbah’s main street, residents spontaneously poured out of their homes. There was no prior organization, no official mobilization. Some sang and danced; others walked right up to the fighters to shake hands and embrace them. The fighters passed through the town chanting their signature *Sarkha* (the "Scream" or "Shout") slogan, and the crowds along the roadside joined in.

A local resident told the Al-Masirah TV camera that he and his neighbors hadn't been able to step out of their homes like this for a long time. The Saudi-backed Islah Party militia had set up checkpoints, levied taxes, and arrested people in the town. "When they were here, we lived in constant fear, even just trying to conduct normal business."

After the Islah militia fled, Ansarallah forces guided by local residents swiftly took control of Al-Turbah’s administrative center, public buildings, and key intersections. There was no street fighting, no resistance. After all, no one was willing to take a bullet for those who had run away.

Why they welcomed Ansarallah

The welcome offered by the residents of Al-Turbah was not the submissive deference of the "liberated" toward a "conqueror." It was a verdict passed by the abandoned upon those who had abandoned them.

What memories did the Saudi-backed "Hotel Government" leave behind in Al-Turbah? Unpaid wages, the plundering of aid, and the conscription of local youth as cannon fodder. As Ansarallah forces closed in, Islah Party commanders withdrew overnight toward Al-Sharjab and Jabal Al-Baha with more than twenty military vehicles and five trucks loaded with weapons and ammunition. They fled without notifying local residents, organizing a defense, or even leaving behind a word of explanation.

In contrast, the first thing Ansarallah did upon entering the city was to announce a general amnesty. Any PLC fighter who laid down their arms could return home safely; humanitarian corridors were opened, allowing aid to enter and civilians to leave.

The contrast was stark for the residents: on one side, "protectors" who looted vehicles as they fled; on the other, the "enemy" who opened humanitarian corridors immediately upon arrival.

The Significance of the *Sarkha*

The *Sarkha the slogan chanted by the fighters is the signature rallying cry of the Yemeni resistance movement. When it rang out in the streets of Al-Turbah, it was not perceived by locals as mere "Houthi propaganda," but as a declaration: the occupation was over.

A resident present at the scene told Al-Masirah TV: "When they chanted it, my neighbor's child joined in. That child hadn't dared to step outside before."

Al-Turbah sits at a critical junction connecting Taiz and Aden. Saudi-backed forces had long used the town as a hub for funneling weapons and personnel to the Taiz front. The liberation of Al-Turbah represented more than just a change of control over a city; it marked the end of the Saudi supply line to Taiz.

Conclusion: The People's Choice Needs No Translation

Al-Masirah TV’s report simply turned its cameras toward the people in the streets.

People sang and danced; they grasped the fighters' hands, declaring that the "nightmare was over." These were not staged expressions or scripted lines. They were the genuine emotions of people who had lived under occupation for years, witnessing for the first time the flight of the occupiers and the arrival of their liberators.
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