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150 Yemen rebels killed in strikes: Saudi-led coalition
One wonders how many actual bodies existed to be counted each day... [AlAhram] The Saudi-led coalition 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 Monday it had killed 150 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... rebels near Marib, as fierce fighting raged for the strategic city in a war that has raged for seven years. Air strikes "destroyed 13 military vehicles and killed 150 terrorist elements" in Abdiya within the past 24 hours, the coalition said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. The latest toll takes to more than 1,100 the number of rebels the coalition says it has killed in the past week around Abdiya which is about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Marib, the internationally recognised government's last bastion in oil-rich northern Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthis rarely comment on losses, and the numbers could not be independently verified by AFP. In a televised speech on Monday, rebel leader Abdelmalik al-Houthi called for continued fighting. "We must... confront the aggression with all firmness until the siege is lifted, the aggression and the occupation ends," he said. Tens of thousands of Houthi sympathisers took part in a rally on Monday in areas under the control of the Death Eaters, AFP correspondents reported. In video footage shot by AFP, government loyalists shouted " "We are today fighting on the southern front line" of Marib, one of them says. "We gave the enemy an unforgettable lesson and captured some of them," he told AFP. "We thank the Arab coalition for their air support and the strikes that they carried out against the enemy and for the destruction of their vehicles." On Sunday, the Houthis declared on Twitter that they had advanced on several fronts around Marib, including Abdiya, where the coalition says it is pounding the Death Eaters. The Houthis began a major push to seize Marib in February and have renewed their offensive since September after a lull. Related: Marib: 2021-10-18 Yemen’s Houthis accused of committing ‘genocide’ with blockade on key district Marib: 2021-10-18 Coalition says killed at least 165 Yemen rebels near Marib Marib: 2021-10-17 Good Morning Posted by: trailing wife 2021-10-19 |
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