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Yemeni forces seize city from Al-Qaeda
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemeni forces backed by Apache helicopters from a Saudi-led coalition wrested the city of Houta from Al-Qaeda Hours later, a boom-mobile detonated outside the foreign ministry building in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, causing no casualties, another local official said. The recapture of Houta, regional capital of southern restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement province which has been held by the Government troops began their attack at daybreak and succeeded after several hours of air strikes and heavy combat, the military official told Rooters. "The campaign to control Houta has been completed and it has been cleansed of Al-Qaeda and hard boy elements," he said. Several people were killed and injured on both sides and 48 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... and its mostly Gulf Arab allies entered Yemen’s civil war on March 26 last year in support of Yemen’s internationally recognized government after it had been pushed into exile by the Iran-allied 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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... group. Amid impoverished Yemen’s security chaos, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000... (AQAP) seized the port city of Mukalla and extended its area of control and influence about 600 km (370 miles) along Yemen’s southern coast toward the government seat at Aden. Forces loyal to President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi have been repeatedly attacked by Al-Qaeda and ISIS A Rooters investigation this month revealed that the group earns up to $2 million every day by taxing imports of basic goods and fuel. Until the attack on Houta, AQAP has suffered few territorial losses despite a stepped-up American campaign of air strikes and drone attacks on its bases. In a related story, Houthis and their allied militia forces belonging to deposed former Yemeni President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... have continued their violations of a truce announced five days ago, Al Arabiya News Channel reported Friday. The truce will pave the way for UN-sponsored peace talks in Kuwait on April 18. Violent festivities took place west of Taiz, specifically in the area around the government’s Brigade 35 that the militias are trying to control. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-16 |
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