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Saudi air force downs missile targeting Khamis Mushait
[ARABNEWS] Saudi air defenses intercepted a missile heading toward the southern city of Khamis Mushait, the Saudi Press Agency reported.The Saudi Royal Air Force detected a missile launch from inside Yemeni territory at 8:20 p.m. on Thursday, said Col. Turki al-Maliki, front man for Saudi-led coalition fighting to restore the legitimate government in Yemen, confirming the destruction of the missile. Al-Maliki said that the control of ballistic weapons by terrorist organizations, including al-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... armed militias, "represents a threat to regional and international security and that firing them at populated places is contrary to international humanitarian law." The coalition asserted that the continuation of armed militias in targeting cities with ballistic missiles is the biggest evidence of the continued smuggling of weapons into 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...by all ways and means contrary to resolution No. 2216. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-01 |
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