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| Yemen troops seize Midi port from Houthi rebels |
| 2016-01-07 |
| [Al Ahram] Troops loyal to Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi seized a Red Sea port town Wednesday in the country's northwest following fierce fighting with Iran-backed sock puppets of the Medes and the Persians, a military chief said. "We have full control of the port and the town, along with its historic castle," Fifth Military Region commander General Adel al-Qumairi said of Midi. Intensive festivities had raged in the area since mid-December when government forces trained in nearby 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... crossed the border and seized the town of Haradh. The rebels, known as Houthis, have reportedly used Midi's port to bring weapons into their traditional stronghold in the north. Despite losing Midi, they and their allies of renegade troops loyal to 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... , continue to control a long stretch of the coastline. Government forces have enjoyed air support from the Saudi-led coalition, which launched a campaign against rebels in March after they advanced on the southern city of Aden where Hadi had taken refuge before fleeing to Riyadh. The rebels continue to control the capital, which they overran 2014, but loyalists have captured areas east and northeast of the capital recently. On Wednesday, coalition warplanes bombed rebel positions in Sanaa, including the presidential complex, witnesses said. |
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