| Submit your comments on this article |
| Arabia |
| Yemen: 12 killed in clashes north of capital |
| 2014-12-29 |
| [Ynet] Security officials and tribal leaders in Yemen say 12 people have been killed in festivities between rustics and Iranian catspaws north of the capital Sanaa. They say Shiite 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 went to the Arhab district late Saturday to search the home of a tribal chief whom the rebels suspected of being allied with the Sunni Islamist al-Islah party, with which the rebels are at war. Clashes erupted when locals resisted the search, leaving nine rebels and three rustics dead. The officials and tribal leaders say the rebels later destroyed the house, which was believed to be empty. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |