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| Houthis, tribesmen battle in central Yemen, at least 15 dead |
| 2015-04-29 |
| [ARABNEWS] At least 15 people were killed in heavy fighting between 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... fighters and rustics in the oil-producing Marib province in central Yemen, tribal and medical sources said on Tuesday, as Saudi-led air strikes against the Iran-allied militia continued. Yemeni Vice President Khaled Bahah on Monday had called on the Houthis to heed a UN Security Council demand for an end to fighting. The conflict has pushed Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... into a humanitarian "catastrophe," according to the Red Thingy. The Houthis occupied the capital Sanaa in September last year, demanding political change. Talks with President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi soured quickly and he announced his resignation, effectively leaving the reins of the central government in the Houthi's hands. Rattled by what they see as expanding Iranian influence in the Arabian Peninsula, a coalition of Arab countries led by 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... launched air strikes in late March. Riyadh announced a halt to its campaign last week, but fighting has intensified again since Sunday. Residents said there were heavy festivities overnight in Marib province east of Sanaa, in the city of Taiz in central Yemen, and in the southern port city of Aden. At least 15 people were killed in the district of Sirwah and around Marib city, the sources said, as rustics allied with Hadi tried to stop Houthis and troops loyal to former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... from advancing on the quiet provincial capital. The Houthis say their advance on Marib is to flush out holy warriors belonging to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000... (AQAP), one of the most active branches of the Sunni Moslem bully boy network and an enemy of the Shiite Houthis. |
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