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Dozens killed in attacks on Yemen rebel heartland
[NATION.PK] Clashes in the Yemeni rebel heartland of Saada province have killed 40 rebel fighters, Saudi media said Wednesday, while the rebels reported nine civilians among 22 dead in Saudi-led air strikes.The rebels were killed in festivities over the past 24 hours with a pro-government alliance backed by 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... , which controls several pockets of the province along the Saudi border, the kingdom’s state-run al-Ekhbariya television reported. An official of the province’s rebel-run health department said four children were among the nine civilians killed in air strikes over the past 24 hours. The rebels’ al-Masirah television said a single strike on the province on Tuesday night killed nine people, four of them civilians. A spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition supporting the government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The uptick in fighting came as Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir held talks on the conflicts 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...and Syria with his British, US and United Arab Emirates counterparts in Gay Paree on Tuesday. Posted by: Fred 2018-01-25 |
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