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| Yemen’s first (Hadi-loyalist) commando unit carries out Marib attack |
| 2017-06-27 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] In an exclusive interview, Al Arabiya News Channel’s correspondent in 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... was able to interview several members of Yemen’s first group of special commandos in Sanaa. Al Arabiya’s Mohammed al-Arab spoke to several of the commando unit’s leaders, who came back after successfully carrying out an operation that took out several key commanders of 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. "We were trained by Arab coalition forces in tandem with their intelligence units. We prepared for the plans to carry out an attack against Houthi militias in Marib with the help of joint intelligence efforts from the Arab coalition forces and the Yemeni legitimate government," Commando leader Abu Mohammed told Al Arabiya. "We were able to approach the enemies by walking 12 km on foot toward their headquarters in Marib, specifically Sarwah, and carried out the operation by help from troops on the ground and cover from air forces above," he added. At least 200 fighters were involved in the planning and execution of this operation, including 40 brave men who were embedded in the front lines. The unit that carried out this operation did not only attack and retreat, but were able to retrieve several vehicles and units belonging to the Houthi militias, including one truck that showed a picture of Mustafa Ammar al-Shami, who is a key commander of the Houthi militias. "We were able to kill a number of key commanders of the Houthi militias, including Hussain al-Saqqaf and Mustafa Ammar al-Shami," Abu Mohammed said. |
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