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Saudi-led coalition air raids 'kill 11 Yemen civilians'
[Al Jazeera] Air raids by a Saudi-led military coalition across 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...have been blamed for killing 11 civilians, a day after 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 fired a ballistic missile at the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The deadly attacks came on the 1,000th day of the devastating war that has killed about 10,000 people and left millions facing starvation. The pro-Houthi Al Masirah television channel said 11 people were killed - including women and kiddies - and 19 others maimed in Thursday's air raids in Saada province in the country's far north. A Houthi source told ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's Anadolu news agency that Yemen's capital, Sanaa, was also struck by a series of air raids. Fighter jets launched two attacks on Saada's Old Quarter, killing the 11 civilians, Abdelellah al-Ezi, head of the provincial health office, told German news agency dpa. The aircraft later bombed the area as medical workers attempted to help the victims, al-Ezi said. "So far we have not been able to reach the area as jets are flying overhead," he said. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-21 |
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