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Yemen army attack kills 65 Shia Houthis in Jawf Province
[ABNA.IR] Local security officials say Houthis were killed in a military air raid in the northern province of Jawf on Wednesday.The casualties come after Yemeni air force hit the house of a pro-government tribal leader which was stormed and held by Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to Americaâtm¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... fighters. In a separate development, at least ten people were killed and dozens more injured in a confrontation between government forces and protesters southern Sana'a. Thousands of Houthis and other revolutionaries have been staging protests in the capital city of Sana'a for nearly a month with angry revolutionaries accusing the government of corruption and urging its resignation. On Monday, the Houthi leaders said they had suspended their participation in talks with the government over what they called foreign intervention in the negotiations. Rupert Colville, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has urged Yemeni officials to probe the recent killing of protesters in the country's capital. "As Yemen faces various internal challenges, it is more crucial than ever that violations of international human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. law are not swept under the carpet," media outlets quoted Colville as saying. Posted by: Fred 2014-09-18 |
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