[BBC] Several mosques have been hit by a series of kabooms in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, causing dozens of casualties, officials say.At least two blasts were caused by boom-mobiles. Health and security officials said at least 23 people had died.
A building reportedly used as the headquarters 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
rebel officials was also hit.
In March, attacks by Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(IS) on mosques in Sanaa used mainly by Houthis left more than 130 people dead.
Pictures posted on Twitter showed flames leaping from the site of one of Wednesday's blasts, and residents said ambulances were rushing to the scene.
IS claims deadly blasts in Yemen capital
[AlAhram] The Islamic State group grabbed credit for multiple bombings that targeted mosques and offices of Shia Houthis rebels in the Yemeni capital Wednesday, killing at least 31 people.
In a statement posted online, IS said four boom-mobiles targeted two worship places, the rebels' politburo headquarters and the house of a rebel leader.