| Submit your comments on this article |
| Arabia |
| 20 Houthi militiamen killed in Yemen’s Baqim, including two commanders |
| 2018-10-10 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Two of 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... militia commanders were killed during festivities with Yemeni army forces in the Baqim district, north of Saada. According to a local news site, a field source confirmed that Houthi Commander Abdullah Yousif Hussein Thawra, was killed during a Yemeni forces attack on the militias’ locations behind the al-Udaida Mountains, northwest of the center of the Baqim district. The source added that Thawra is one of the militias’ top commanders and headsin various battlefronts in Saada, and received training in Iran. Another field source stated that the second Houthi commander, Abu Ali al-Nawari, was killed during the same attack by the army’s forces behind the al-Udaida Mountains. The source added that Nawari was appointed by the Houthis 10 days ago as the commander of the so-called "quick intervention forces" in the Baqim front. On Monday, the army launched a surprise attack on the Houthi militia’s locations, behind al-Udaida Mountains northwest of the Baqim district, during which the militias suffered several losses in Death Eaters and armed vehicles. Media sources said that the Yemeni army was able to capture a Houthi sniper from the battalion of the special guards of the militias’ leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi during a battle to liberate Ramdan battle, behind al-Udaida Mountains in Baqim. The source added that 18 other Death Eaters were killed by Arab Coalition air raids along with the Houthi sniper in this battle. |
| Posted by:Fred |