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Saudi Coalition keeps rolling in central Yemen, new sites captured in Bayda province
2018-12-02
[AlMasdar] The Saudi Coalition scored another big advance in central 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...
this week after launching a big assault against 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 ...
forces in the al-Bayda Governorate.

Backed by heavy Arclight airstrikes, the Saudi Coalition was able to overrun several sites held by the Houthi forces, ultimately forcing them to retreat further north.

According to pro-government activists in Yemen, the Saudi Coalition troops were able to capture many hilltops and points in the Malajem area after fierce battle with the Houthi forces.

The Saudi Coalition troops are now working to advance further north in a bid to retake the entire al-Bayda Governorate from the Houthi forces.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  With a Hodeidah logistical cutoff* to the Houthis, pursue and kill before Iran can reorganize and resupply. They have an ancestral homeland - bomb the shit out of that to demoralize

*Battle for Hodeidah: More than 40 Houthis killed in 24 hours
Posted by: Frank G   2018-12-02 07:47  

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