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Houthi missile attack on Yemen’s Marib leaves 8 dead
 [TASS] At least eight people were killed and 27 injured when 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... ’s rebel 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... movement Ansar Allah carried out a missile attack on the Yemeni city of Marib, the country’s SABA news agency reported on Thursday. According to the report, two ballistic missiles and two drones filled with explosives were launched towards the city, located 135 km east of the capital Sanaa. The projectiles struck Marib city center, hitting residential districts and a local market. The city’s female prison was also damaged in the attack. When ambulances arrived at the area, paramedics were attacked by a drone filled with explosives. A standoff between government forces and armed Houthi rebels has been ongoingin Yemen since August 2014. In January 2015, Ansar Allah seized the country’s capital Sanaa and later formed a parallel government. The confrontation entered into the most active phase following the 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... -led coalition’s intervention in March 2015. The ongoing conflict has triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. According to the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... , more than 24 million Yemenis, or approximately 80% of the country’s entire population, require humanitarian assistance. The number of internally displaced persons exceeds three million. The Houthis regularly carry out attacks against Saudi Arabia and its infrastructure, primarily oil facilities. Also, they launch ballistic missiles and drones laden with explosives against troops supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government. On June 5, the rebels struck a filling station near Marib, sending an explosive drone to attack doctors who arrived at the scene. As a result, 21 people were killed. Related: Marib: 2021-06-06 USA TODAY fights FBI subpoena for readers' data from report on shooting that killed two agents Marib: 2021-06-03 Yemen's Government Permits Access to Oil Tankers in Hodeidah Marib: 2021-05-24 Houthis reject US sanctions, vow more strikes on 'aggressor' countries Posted by: badanov 2021-06-11 |
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