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65 Dead In Renewed Fighting for Yemen's Marib
[AnNahar] Sixty-five 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... s and pro-government forces have been killed in renewed fighting for the strategic 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... i city of Marib, a military official told AFP on Thursday. The festivities erupted when the Iran-backed rebels attacked pro-government positions south of the city, making progress despite losing dozens of fighters in coalition air strikes. "Twenty-two pro-government (forces) were killed and 50 others were maimed, while 43 Houthis were also killed in the last 48 hours," a government military official said, in figures that were confirmed by other military and medical sources. The fighting comes after strikes on Yemen's largest airbase, in the country's south, killed at least 30 pro-government fighters on Sunday in the deadliest incident since December. Yemen's internationally recognized government -- backed by a Saudi-led military coalition -- and the Huthis have been locked in war since 2014, when the Lions of Islam seized the capital Sanaa. In February, the Huthis escalated their efforts to seize Marib, the government's last northern stronghold in fighting that has killed hundreds on both sides. Control of the oil-rich region would strengthen the Huthis' bargaining position in peace talks. Related: Marib: 2021-08-31 More than 11 soldiers killed in Houthi attacks against Yemen's Marib Marib: 2021-07-22 Saudi-led coalition receiving heavy blow in Yemen’s al-Bayda: Ansarullah Marib: 2021-07-18 Houthis defeat ISIS in Al-Bayda province Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-03 |
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