[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
on Thursday urged Yemen’s Houthis to respect a ceasefire and said 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...
had a right to be free from rocket attacks like one that he said killed two Saudi civilians.
Speaking after he met Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Kerry said the two had discussed ways to try to "fix" the US Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, known as JASTA, which grants an exception to the legal principle of sovereign immunity in cases of terrorism on US soil, clearing the way for lawsuits seeking damages from the Saudi government.
Violations
It was earlier reported that 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
militias have committed several ceasefire violations less than a day after it was implemented, targeting civilians. Rights activists based in Yemen's southwestern city of Taiz confirmed to Al Arabiya English, Houthi militias carried out heavy shelling on civilians in the city on Thursday night.
"Moments after the truce Houthi-Saleh militias started shelling Taiz heavily in different areas in eastern and western parts of the city," Mohammed al-Rumim told Al Arabiya English, adding that two civilians were maimed south of the city below Qahira castle.
Sources also confirmed that gunnies hit the city of Marib with ballistic missiles, some of which were intercepted by coalition forces. Coalition forces recorded at least 24 violations to the truce since it began on Thursday. At least 17 of those violations were missile rocket attacks or gun shots that were fired from inside 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...
into the Saudi border city of Najran while seven hit Jazan.
A ceasefire took effect in war-ravaged Yemen late on Wednesday under a United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
plan. The UN special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, announced that the cessation of hostilities would take effect "at 23:59 Yemen time (2059 GMT) on 19 October 2016, for an initial period of 72 hours, subject to renewal".