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Dozen civilians killed as Saudi jets target residential building in SW Yemen
[Iran Press TV] A dozen civilians have bit the dust and several others sustained injuries when Saudi fighter jets targeted a residential area in Yemen's southwestern province of Ta'izz as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious bombardment campaign against its southern neighbor.Local sources told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that the military aircraft bombarded a house in the al-Zahari area of the port city of Mukha, situated 346kilometers south of the capital Sana'a, on Saturday afternoon. The sources added that there were women and kiddies among the victims, noting that people were desperately searching for loved ones trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building. At least five people were killed and four others maimed on October 2, when Saudi warplanes struck a car as it was travelling along a road in the al-Barh area of Maqbanah district in Ta’izz province. 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... has been incessantly pounding 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... since March 2015 in an attempt to crush the popular 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... Ansarullah movement and reinstate former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of the Riyadh regime. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-08 |
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