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Saudi coalition says destroyed drones in attack Houthis say hit airport
[AlAhram] This is the fifth such attack in four days, all of which the Houthis say struck an air field or base in southern Soddy ArabiaA Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran's Houthi sock puppets  ...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... group 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... said it destroyed two explosives fired into 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... on Sunday afternoon in an attack the Houthis said hit Abha airport in the kingdom's south. A front man for the coalition said the drones had been fired by the Houthis towards civilian targets in Khamis Mushait in southern Saudi Arabia, close to Abha. A military front man for the Iran-aligned Houthi group said two drones launched on Sunday afternoon by its forces had struck Saudi Arabia's Abha airport. This is the fifth such attack in four days, all of which the Houthis say struck an air field or base in southern Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday Riyadh said an attack caused a fire in a civilian aircraft at Abha airport. The Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting the Houthis. U.N. officials are trying to revive peace talks to end the war which the U.N. says has created the world's largest humanitarian crisis. Related: Abha airport: 2020-06-14 Houthi ballistic missile intercepted near Saudi Arabia's Najran Abha airport: 2019-08-14 Houthis launched a drone from Sana’a that landed in Amran Abha airport: 2019-08-14 Iran’s Khamenei meets with Houthi spokesman Abdul Salam Related: Khamis Mushait: 2020-06-16 Saudi defenses intercept Houthi drone attack against Khamis Mushait Khamis Mushait: 2020-06-16 Yemeni Army say it launched attack against Houthis in Nihm Khamis Mushait: 2020-06-02 Ansarallah drones attempt to bomb southern Saudi Arabia Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-15 |
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