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| Yemen's pro-government forces retake city from Shite rebels |
| 2015-05-27 |
| [Rudaw] SANAA, 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. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... -- Yemen's pro-government fighters have pushed out Shite rebels and their allies and retaken a southern city that's the gateway to the port of Aden in their first significant advance since a Saudi-led coalition launched Coalition strikes, which began in March in an effort to halt the power grab by the rebels known as Houthis, also continued on Tuesday across Yemen, targeting positions of the rebels and their allies. Despite the The brigade, which once controlled the city, is one of the country's largest army units. It is loyal to ousted President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... , who is allied with the rebels. In capturing Dhale, pro-government fighters also seized large weapons' and ammunition caches, armored vehicles, and Katyusha rocket launchers, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... because they were not authorized to talk to news hounds. Footage aired on Dubai-based Al-Arabiya network from Dhale showed fighters in one armored vehicle flying the flag of once-independent South Yemen. The pro-government forces in the south are allied with exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, but also want an independent southern state. Dozens of fighters -- both from the pro-government side and the Houthis -- have been killed in intense festivities the past two weeks. Fighting between the two sides was still underway Tuesday on the outskirts of Dhale, the officials said. The capture of Dhale -- the gateway to Aden -- is the first major achievement by pro-Hadi forces since March 26 start of the coalition Hadi's government in exile has declared several provinces of Yemen disaster zones, including Dhale, where all basic services have collapsed. Due to the violence, most Yemenis now face severe shortages of fuel, water, medicine and food. The UN estimates that at least 1,037 civilians, including 130 women and 234 children, have been killed between March 26 and May 20. Tuesday's ...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 Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. 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 Jews... positions and Saleh's forces in at least five cities, including the capital, Sanaa, and Aden -- where rebels have deployed large forces. |
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