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Houthi forces capture several sites in northern Yemen
[ALMASDARNEWS] The 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
forces, backed by the Saleh Revanchists Yemeni Republican Guard, continued their large-scale advance in the northern 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...
countryside, capturing several sites inside the Marib Governorate.

According to al-Masdar's Yemen War correspondent Tony Toh, the Houthi forces captured a number of military sites at the village of al-Rabiah in the Sirwah District, killing 22 Hadi loyalists and wounding 34 other bully boyz after a fierce battle.

The Marib Governorate is considered one of 'Abd Rubbah Mansour Hadi's strongholds in northern Yemen; it was supposed to be a launching point for his loyalists in the Sanaa Governorate.

However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
the Houthi forces have turned the table on the Hadi loyalists, capturing much of eastern Sanaa and advancing eastward to the Marib Governorate's axis.


Posted by: Fred 2016-09-15
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