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Saudi Arabia Says New Yemen Missile Intercepted
[AnNahar] Saudi air defences on Tuesday intercepted a ballistic missile that targeted the western city of Yanbu after being fired from rebel-held territory in neighbouring Yemen, a Saudi-led military coalition said.The missile fired at the coastal city did not cause any casualties, coalition front man Turki al-Maliki said in a statement released by the official Saudi Press Agency. Iran-backed Houthis have in recent months ramped up missile attacks against neighbouring 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 leads a military coalition that has fought the holy warriors since 2015. The latest strike comes as coalition-backed Yemeni forces advance on the rebel-held Red Sea port of Hodeida, the main conduit for humanitarian supplies into a country teetering on the brink of famine. United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... envoy Martin Griffiths was in the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Monday for talks with Houthis about de-escalating the fighting around Hodeida. In late May, air defences intercepted Huthi missiles over the southern cities of Najran a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of Najran Province and a favored target of Houthirocket forces.... and Jizan, according to Maliki, who said there were no casualties. Saudi Arabia earlier this month tested a new siren system for the capital Riyadh and the oil-rich Eastern Province, in a sign of the increasing threat posed by the rebels' arms. Riyadh accuses its regional rival Tehran of supplying the Huthis with ballistic missiles, a charge Iran denies. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other allies intervened 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...in 2015 to push back the rebels and restore the internationally-recognised government to power after the Huthis ousted it from swathes of the country including the capital Sanaa. Nearly 10,000 people have been killed since the alliance launched its intervention in Yemen in March 2015, contributing to what the UN has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-06-06 |
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