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Saudi-led strikes hit defense ministry in Yemen capital
 [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Saudi-led coalition carried out two air strikes on the defense ministry in Yemen's myrmidon-held capital Sanaa late Friday, witnesses and rebel media said, without reporting casualties.Warplanes continued to circle in the skies above Sanaa after the strikes, the witnesses added. 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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... militia media outlet al-Masirah also reported the two air strikes. The coalition has targeted the defense ministry in the past, leaving it heavily damaged, but the fresh strikes come amid a ratcheting up of tensions between 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 rival Iran, which backs the Houthi myrmidons. The coalition shut down Yemen's borders earlier this week after Saudi forces on Saturday intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis near the Riyadh airport. The Death Eaters have threatened additional attacks on Saudi Arabia and its coalition partner the United Arab Emirates. Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in neighboring 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... in March 2015 with the stated aim of rolling back Houthi militia gains and restoring the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to power. The Houthis continue to control the capital Sanaa and much of Yemen's north. Posted by: Fred 2017-11-11 |
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