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| Saudi border guard killed by rocket fire from Yemen |
| 2015-08-24 |
| [YEMENONLINE.INFO] A Saudi border guard has been killed by rocket fire from anti-government 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... gunnies in northern Yemen, Riyadh's official SPA news agency said on Sunday. A border post in the kingdom's Jazan region came under attack on Saturday, prompting guards to respond to the fire, the SPA said, quoting an interior ministry front man. It said one Saudi guard was killed in the exchange. More than 50 people have been killed along the Saudi-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... border since a Riyadh-led military coalition began air strikes on Iran-backed militia across the impoverished country in March. |
| Posted by:Fred |