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| Yemen government loyalists, Tihamah's tribes to form joint command |
| 2015-08-23 |
| [YEMENONLINE.INFO] Yemen's exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has approved a plan to establish three military formations, made up mainly of tribal fighters and former military personnel, to fight the Houthi ...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... insurgency in the Tihamah region, a military official has said. The factions in Tihamah will follow the same leadership and be supervised by the president himself, Nasser Da'qeen, a front man for the anti-Houthi forces in the western coastal region, told Asharq Al-Awsat on Friday. The joint force will consist of about 10,000 fighters from across the Tihamah region on Yemen's west coast, according to the front man, and will rely on the Saudi-led coalition for logistic support and military equipment. 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... has been bombarding the Houthis 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. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... since late March in a bid to restore exiled President Hadi to power. The idea for the joint force was put forward by a delegation of tribal leaders and dignitaries from Tihamah who visited President Hadi at his residence in Riyadh on Thursday. According to Da'qeen, the delegation expressed to President Hadi its willingness to fight the Houthis under a unified command rather than as separate factions. The exiled president, the official maintained, accepted the proposal on the condition that his government be fully responsible for supporting the force both militarily and financially. Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed his guard using the bludgeon the faithful Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread... Saudi-led warplanes on Friday carried out heavy Over the past few days, loyalist forces, known as the Popular Resistance, have been mobilizing troops in Lodar, a town in Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... Province near Bayda, in preparation for the attack. Backed by Saudi and Emirati forces, Hadi's loyalists have in recent weeks made significant gains in Yemen, retaking the strategic city of Aden as well as driving the Houthis from the southern provinces of restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement , Al-Dalea and Abyan. |
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