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Over 30 Houthi fighters allegedly killed in fierce combat along Saudi border
[AlMasdar] The 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... forces allegedly suffered heavy casualties inside the Hajjah Governorate on Saturday after a fierce battle with the Hajour Tribe along the Saudi-Yemeni border. According to local reports, the Houthi forces launched a new attack against a group of fighters from the Hajour Tribe in the northern part of Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate. The reports said that the Hajour Tribe was able to foil the Houthi attack in northern Hajjah, thanks in large part to the assistance they received from the Saudi Coalition’s  s.They would add that more than 30 Houthi fighters were killed during this fierce battle on Saturday. With a fragile ceasefire ongoing in the Hodeidah Governorate, most of the fighting 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...has shifted to the Saudi border region. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-02-18 |
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