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| 'This shouldn't be happening': Civilian deaths spike in Yemen |
| 2018-09-25 |
| At least 349 civilians have been killed in Yemen's Houthi-held city of Hodeidah since June 13 when 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... , the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemeni government forces launched an offensive to retake the strategic seaport. Citing numbers collated by the monitoring group, ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data), Save the Children said on Monday that Hodeidah accounted for 51 percent of all civilian casualties between June and the end of August. At least 685 civilians had been killed across the country during that period, the organization added. Fighting in Hodeidah - the main gateway for imports of relief supplies and commercial goods into the country - escalated on June 13 when the Saudi-UAE alliance launched a wide-ranging operation to retake the city from 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi see Hodeidah as the main entry point for weapons for the Houthis and have accused their regional rival Iran of sending missiles to the rebels, a charge Tehran has denied. In the first five months of this year, there were an average 44 civilian casualties every month in Hodeidah. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Save The Children = anyone under 40 (in Arabic), apparently |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-09-25 10:59 |
| #1 They're civilians if their bodies are found without a weapon. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2018-09-25 10:02 |