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| Yemen forces remove 2,000 mines, explosive devices in al-Jawf |
| 2018-03-28 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The engineering teams of the Yemeni National Army forces extracted hundreds of landmines and bombs planted by the 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... militia in various locations in the directorate of Bart al-Anan, north of al-Jawf province before fleeing. A military source of the armed forces stated that the technical teams of the army have been able - over the past two days - to extract and dismantle more than 1,900 landmines and bombs planted by the Houthi militias in the hills, sites and mountain highlands in Salba and al-Oqeef in Bart al-Anan, al-Jawf. The source explained that the mines and explosives seized by the army forces varied between mines targeting individuals and those targeting tanks, vehicles as well as homemade bombs of various sizes, noting that engineering teams were able to clear all of these sites and secure the liberated areas completely. |
| Posted by:Fred |