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| 25 Saudi Mercenaries Killed, Dozens Wounded in Central Yemen |
| 2016-07-11 |
| [ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] More than two dozen Death Eaters loyal to the former Yemeni government have been killed and scores of others injured during festivities with army troops and allied fighters in the western-central province of Amran. A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , said the festivities broke out during an army operation on Saturday to wrest control over the strategic Heed al-Zahab mountain in Farzah Nihm district of the province, Yemen’s September 26 news website reported. The source added that Yemeni forces managed to seize the mountainous region following the intense fighting. At least 25 Saudi mercenaries, including a turban commander identified as Abdumohammad Bukhaiti, were killed during the fierce skirmishes, and tens of others sustained injuries, according to the source. Separately, Yemeni army forces and 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... Ansarullah fighters launched a ballistic missile at Shihat military camp in the northern province of al-Jawf on Sunday morning, leaving a large number of Saudi mercenaries dead and injured. The development came only a few hours after an unspecified number of Saudi-backed Death Eaters died in a missile attack by Ansarullah fighters against Tadaween base in the central Yemeni province of Ma’rib. Elsewhere in the southern coastal province of Aden, two bomb kabooms destroyed al-Mos’abin village, but no casualties were reported. Also on Sunday, Saudi fighter jets carried out a raft of aerial attacks Nihm district in Sana’a Province, though no reports of casualty and damage were immediately available. |
| Posted by:Fred |