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Arabia
Coalition destroys boats smuggling Houthi weapons
2016-11-13
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemeni shipping sources reported that coalition aircraft destroyed early on Saturday two boats loaded with weapons belonging to 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 in the northern port city of Salif of al-Hudaydah province, west of Yemen.

The sources said that coalition warplanes targeted the boats after they arrived in the morning to the port coming from one of the Yemeni islands loaded with smuggled weapons for the militias.

The news comes a week after coalition sources confirmed that that humanitarian aid has been stacking in at Al Hudaydah port for nearly seven months because Houthi militias and forces loyal to the ousted 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...
are blocking the distribution of aid which resulted in depriving the residents from taking benefits from it.

"There are no UN humanitarian personnel today at the Al Hudaydah port ‐ which is the largest remaining port under Houthi militia control ‐ who can inspect and supervise distributing the much needed aid and medical supplies," Spokesman of the Arab coalition Maj. Gen. Ahmed Asseri said.

Posted by:Fred

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