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Two senior Yemen rebels survive deadly convoy strike
[AlAhram]. Two senior 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... rebels survived a Saudi-led coalition air raid on their convoy in the southwestern province of Taez Saturday that killed eight of their guards, military and medical sources said. The attacked targeted a convoy carrying Abdu al-Jundi, who was appointed as the governor of Taez by the Shia 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... rebels, and the military commander of the same region, Abu Ali al-Hakem, they said. The eight guards were killed when two of vehicles in the convoy were hit in the raid near the town of Burj. Jundi and Hakem were able to escape and seek shelter in a nearby market, a rebel military source said. A medical worker in Burj said the "charred" bodies of the guards were taken to a local hospital. Most of Taez province is controlled by Houthi forces, who are besieging forces allied with UN-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi holed up in the quiet provincial capital of the same name. In the western province of Hodeida, Saudi-led coalition aircraft carried out a series of strikes on a rebel training camp Saturday, leaving "dozens of dead and maimed," a military official said. The camp, 70 kilometres (45 miles) east of Hodeida city, is home to young recruits enlisted by the Houthis, who two weeks ago forced each district of Hodeida to send 30 young people there for conscription. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-03-19 |
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