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| Al-Assiri says allies don't eye territorial gains in Yemen |
| 2015-08-28 |
| [ARABNEWS] Brig. Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri, Saudi-led coalition's front man and Saudi Defense Ministry adviser and consultant, said that Saudi forces and the coalition don't have any territorial ambitions in Yemen. "The Saudi-led coalition's incursions into Yemeni territories is a tactical move. The coalition has no ambitions as far as Yemeni territories are concerned," Al-Assiri told Al Jazeera. He said the move is to prevent 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... militias and their cohorts from consolidating their forces in their continued support for former 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 still has followers among Yemeni troops. Al-Assiri added that the move is not also new as the Saudi-led coalition had been doing this since the start of the conflict early this year. Stressing the coalition's success in its campaign against the Yemeni rebels, Al-Assiri said that the Houthis and their cohorts were now facing difficulties as they had suffered heavy losses in various fronts. He said that they had found the need to boost the morale of their cohorts by targeting Saudi border posts. Such attacks have increased in frequency. He added that the attacks have caused losses to Saudi troops and that because of this the Houthis won't achieve moral victory and the praise of God. On future operations, he said: "It's difficult to comment on what would be done but we emphasize that the leadership and the coalition forces will take all necessary measures to prevent the Houthis from continuing their senseless acts." He also noted that the military operation of the coalition is proceeding according to plan, and without haste, from the south to the north. Al-Assiri stressed the necessity of eliminating the sources of fire by bombing which threaten the lives and citizens of Taiz before moving on to the next phase. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "The coalition has no ambitions as far as Yemeni territories are concerned." It'd be like inheriting an Arab version of North Korea. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-08-28 11:47 |