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Yemeni army liberates several areas from Houthi militia, 7,183 mines cleared
[ARABNEWS] Arab coalition-backed Yemeni forces liberated several areas from the Iran-backed 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... militia in the Khab directorate, north of al-Jawf province, Saudi state-news channel al-Ekhbariya reported. "The fighting resulted in the deaths of several hard boys, while the army found weapons caches that the militia had looted from the army camps," said Brig. Gen. Haykal Hantaf. The official Yemeni Press Agency, in a separate report, also quoted Hantaf saying that "the liberation of the center of the Directorate of Khab from the Houthis will cut off the supply lines to their faceless myrmidons stationed in the other areas of the districts of Barat." 7,183 MINES CLEARED The King Salman  ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians....Center for Humanitarian Relief and Humanitarian Action cleared a total of 7,183 land mines planted by the Houthi militia 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...during the fourth week of January. It recovered 89 antipersonnel mines, 2,322 antivehicle mines, 284 bombs and 4,487 unwent kaboom!ordnances. According to the center, a total of 38,817 mines have been cleared since the beginning of the project in areas with schools and civilian homes across Yemen. Posted by: Fred 2019-02-04 |
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