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Saudi Coalition captures strategic mountain in northern Yemen
2019-01-09
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Saudi Coalition launched a big attack 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 northern Yemen, today, targeting a strategic mountain in the Sa’ada province.

According to a report from northern Yemen, the Saudi Coalition and their allies managed to capture the Hamra Mountain, today, after a fierce battle with the Houthi forces in the area.

As a result of this advance, the Saudi Coalition and their allies managed to cut off a key supply route for the Houthi forces in the northern countryside of the Sa’ada Governorate.

The Razami area of the Sa’ada Governorate has long been under the control of the Houthi forces and their allies; however, with the loss of the Hamra Mountain, they are now without their key supply line.
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