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Yemen Tribal Fighters Seize Saudi Border Area: Soldiers Killed, Others Flee
[ALMANAR.LB] Yemeni tribal fighters took control of al-Tuwal region in the southwestern province of Jizan region of southwestern Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Yemeni media reported reported. Al-Massirah TV said that the tribal fighters shelled and seized two military posts in al-Tuwal: al-Radif and Burj Abu Kasaf. Yemeni sources meanwhile reported that about 17 Saudi soldiers were killed as the tribal fighters shelled Woa'o military post. The shelling destroyed several vehicles in the posts as it forced Saudi soldiers in al-Makhrouq military post to flee, the sources added. Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... has been since March 26 under brutal aggression by Saudi-US coalition. Thousands have been martyred and injured in the attack, with the vast majority of them are civilians. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... Yemeni tribal fighters in the border province of Saada have been responding to the Saudi aggression, with several border areas in the Saudi Arabia are under the fire of those fighters. Riyadh launched the attack on Yemen in a bid to restore power to Yemen's runaway president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi who is a close ally to Saudi Arabia. On April 21, Saudi Arabia declared the end of the aggression, dubbed "Decisive Strom," and the start of another campaign called "Restoring Hope." The Saudi-led warplanes are still conducting Posted by: Fred 2015-05-22 |
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