Hundreds of thousands of Yemeni people took to the streets in the southern Taiz city in support of a national council to run the popular revolution formed by the opposition, reject any dialogues with President Saleh, and call for the ouster of the remaining officials in his regime.

The Joint Meeting Parties and its partners formed on Wednesday the national council to lead, accelerate and escalate the anti-regime uprising.

The move was described by the government as putting the final nail in the coffin of a GCC power transition deal and as a call to war.

The demonstrators chanted slogans urging an immediate revolutionary solution by all honest political and armed forces as well as putting an end to the illegal acts by the remaining officials in the regime.

They also condemned the latest speech of Saleh which observers said conveyed war and violence messages as well as the continuous military operations in Arhab district outside the capital Sanaa.  In his speech two days ago, Saleh attacked and accused the opposition of involvement in all crises in the country and stealing the youth-led revolution.

 He also said that the opposition and the revolutionaries are attacking military and constitutional facilities, as he urged dialogue and putting the country’s interest ahead of anything else.

On the other hand, the armed forces who have lately defected to the revolution in the freedom square in downtown Taiz conducted a military parade.