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| Soddy warbirds attacks boats carrying arms to Houthis |
| 2015-11-30 |
| ADEN: Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition hit Saturday two small boats carrying weapons to Iran-backed Houthi terrorists on the southern coast of Yemen, a military official said. Weapons were being unloaded from the two fishing boats near Belhaf, in Shabwa province, when the pre-dawn raid struck killing three smugglers, the military official said. The coalition has imposed a blockade on Yemen to prevent weapons from reaching the Houthis and allied renegade troops loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Troops loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, backed by coalition air and ground support, in July pushed the rebels out of Aden — Yemen’s second city — and four other southern provinces, including Shabwa. But the area around Belhaf is controlled by tribesmen and some are involved in smuggling weapons to the terrorists further north, the official said. Government forces backed by the coalition launched an all-out offensive recently to push the rebels out of the southwestern province of Taez and break the siege of loyalists in its provincial capital. The UN aid chief earlier accused Houthis of blocking and diverting deliveries of aid to Taez where some 200,000 people are living under siege. Government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition have been battling since September to push the terrorists out of Taez as part of their campaign to recapture the capital Sanaa farther north. “Houthi and popular committees are blocking supply routes and continue to obstruct the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian aid and supplies into Taez city,” said Stephen O’Brien, the under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs. |
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