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| Saudi-backed forces attempted amphibious landing at strategic Yemeni port |
| 2018-06-14 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] The Saudi-backed troops attempted an amphibious landing at the strategic Hodeideh Port on Wednesday, a 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... official told al-Mayadeen TV. "We foiled a sea landing of Saudi and Emirati forces near the port of Hodeidah," Dayfallah al-Shami, a member of the movement’s political bureau, told the pro-Iranian al-Mayadeen. "The Saudi coalition has not advanced at all in Hodeidah," Shami added. Earlier on Wednesday, the Houthi forces announced that they scored a direct hit on a Saudi Coalition boat, which later sunk the vessel off the coast of Hodeideh. |
| Posted by:Fred |