[DAWN] Forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition have killed eight members of Leb’s Hezbollah group 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...
in battles with the Iran-aligned Houthis, the coalition said on Monday.
Hezbollah officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
Hezbollah has previously denied Saudi accusations that the group is helping 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...
rebels in the Yemen conflict, which has become a proxy war between 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...
and Iran.
The coalition said in a statement that 41 "terrorist elements" had been targeted in military operations in the mountainous Saada region in Yemen’s northwest.
"Among the dead are eight members from Lebanon’s terrorist Hezbollah," the statement said without providing further details.