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At least 50 killed in fighting for Yemen's Marib: Military sources
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] At least 50 Iran-backed 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 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 pro-government troops have been killed as fighting intensifies for the key city of Marib, military sources said on Sunday. "In the past 48 hours, 43 Houthi fighters were killed mostly in coalition ... KABOOM!... s" west of Marib, a military source told AFP, while another source said at least seven loyalists died in fighting. About 400 people have been reported dead in festivities in September for Marib, following a lull in fighting in the region. The Houthis initially escalated their efforts to seize Marib in February, hoping to seize control of the region’s oil resources and strengthen their position in peace talks. Posted by: Fred 2021-09-27 |
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