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| Houthi missiles hit UAE-backed troops in west Yemen |
| 2018-08-20 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] 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... forces announced that their rocket battalion had successfully bombed the UAE-backed troops in western Yemen. According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion attacked the UAE-backed troops in the vast Medi Desert with their armed drones. The Houthi forces said their rocket battalion used their domestically-made Qasef-1 armed drones, adding that they scored a direct hit on the UAE-backed troops. The Houthi forces have recently stepped up their attacks in western Yemen, following the large-scale offensive the UAE-backed troops launched in the Hodeidah Governorate. The Houthi forces said they repelled the offensive after more than 48 hours of nonstop combat against the UAE-backed Southern Resistance Army and Yemeni Elite Republican Guard. |
| Posted by:Fred |