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Arab coalition bombs Houthi military sites near Sanaa airport
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Arab coalition fighting in 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...launched several air raids on 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... military sites on Sunday evening near Sanaa airport and Dulaimi base, sources confirmed to Al Arabiya. The sources also said that the coalition raided Houthi militia positions west of the capital Sanaa earlier in the day. On Sunday morning, the Arab coalition aircrafts launched raids on Houthi positions in a number of highlands south of Sanaa, including the hills of al-Rayyan overlooking Hadda city. The air raids on Sunday come a day after the Arab coalition made a statement announcing its support for Yemeni uprising against Houthis. The coalition said it is determined that it has maintained its position on all Yemeni ground. The past three days have witnessed deadly festivities between supporters of former Yemeni President former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh  ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...and his former Houthi militia allies. The fighting raged at dawn on Saturday between the two sides, which led to at least 80 supporters from both sides killed. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-04 |
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