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JIAT task force on Yemen releases report on recent Hudaydah strikes
2017-09-13
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) on 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...
provided a detailed report on Tuesday on recent coalition Arclight airstrikes in the cities of Hudaydah and Aden.

Spokesperson for JIAT, Mansour al-Mansour, confirmed that a recent August 27 Arclight airstrike that hit an education complex in the port city of Hudaydah was only approved after coalition forces ensured no presence of civilians on the site.

"The particular site called the Shaima education complex that was surgically hit in late August had no civilian presence. The site itself was being used as a military facility by armed 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 after capturing the space," Mansour told news hounds during a presser on Tuesday.

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