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| Loyalists battle rebel holdouts in Yemen's Aden |
| 2015-07-21 |
| [Al Ahram] Yemeni loyalist forces said they advanced Monday into the last district of the southern port city of Aden still held by Iran-backed rebels, seeking to flush out the remaining turbans. Fighters from the pro-government Popular Resistance "have regained control of most of al-Tawahi district," including the presidential residence, said front man Ali Ahmehi. The southern fighters also pushed the Shia 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... rebels and allied forces 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... out of the region's military headquarters and the naval base, he told AFP. "A wide combing operation is under way to flush out" rebel holdouts, he said, adding that remaining snuffies had taken positions on several rooftops. Loyalist forces backed by Saudi-led warplanes have regained control of most of Aden since an assault dubbed "Operation Golden Arrow" began on Tuesday. Clashes have however continued despite the government's declaration on Friday of the city's "liberation" after four months of ferocious fighting. Rebel bombardment on Sunday killed 57 civilians in the Dar Saad neighbourhood in the north of the port city, according to local health chief Al-Khader Laswar. Two ministers from the government in exile in 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... returned to Aden this weekend, and on Sunday they toured the devastated city. A Saudi-led Arab coalition launched an air campaign against the rebels in March after President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi was forced to flee to Riyadh. More than 3,200 people have been killed in the fighting -- many of them civilians, the UN says. |
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