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Six Houthi leaders among hundreds killed in al-Malahiz in Saada
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] al-Arabiya correspondent 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...reported on Friday evening that the Yemeni army, supported by coalition forces to support the legitimacy, succeeded in killing six 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... leaders in the al-Malahiz Front in Saada. Those killed are the leader of the Houthi Abdo Jubran Ali Ghalis, the leader Mohammed Abdullah al-Hazeq, Abed Mohammed Shubla, Mohammed Qasim al-Shami, Abdul Majid Abdullah Alwani and the leader Dale Hussein Khammash. Major General Abdulkarim al-Sudai, commander of the Arab Army's Arabism Brigade, told al-Arabiya that troops had carried out several military operations on Houthi positions in the al-Malahiz front in Saada since the beginning of last week, "continuing the process of cutting off the head of the snake." Al-Sudai said that his forces managed to kill hundreds of Houthi elements in the same front and destroy dozens of military equipment and vehicles with the support of the coalition. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-28 |
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