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Houthis tried to target civilian site in Saudi Arabia’s Najran
 [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemen’s 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... militias attempted to hit a civilian site in the Saudi border province 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.... with a bomb-laden drone, Arab Coalition front man Colonel Turki al-Maliki said, warning that there would be a "strong deterrent" to such attacks. The state-run Saudi Press Agency quoted al-Maliki describing the Houthis as the "terrorist militias of Iran." He did not mention any casualties. The attack on Najran comes as Iran quadrupled its uranium-enrichment production capacity amid tensions with the US over Tehran’s atomic program, nuclear officials said Monday, just after President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... and Iran’s foreign minister traded threats and taunts on Twitter. Najran, 840 kilometers (525 miles) southwest of Riyadh, is right on the Saudi border with 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 has repeatedly been targeted by the Iranian-allied Houthis. Posted by: Fred 2019-05-22 |
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