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Arab Coalition has conducted 28 targeted strikes in Yemen
2022-02-24


The Arab Coalition has conducted 28 targeted strikes in 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...
’s Hajjah in the last 24 hours, in an attempt to deter the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
militia, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.The targeted strikes resulted in the destruction of 14 "military vehicles," according to SPA, and caused casualties among the Houthis.

No fatalities were reported by SPA.

The operation comes during a time when tensions are rising with Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis.

On February 21, Saudi 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. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
’s air defenses have intercepted a drone targeting King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport in the city of Jizan.

At least 16 people of different nationalities were maimed as a result of the attack, the coalition said, adding that three of them were at death's door.

Earlier on February 18, the Arab Coalition destroyed an explosives-laden boat launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis in the south of the red sea.

The coalition added that the boat came from Yemen’s main Red Sea port of Hodeidah.

"The Houthi’s use of Hodeidah port threatens freedom of navigation and global trade," the Arab Coalition said in an earlier statement carried by SPA.

These attacks have invited global condemnation and high-level talks are underway to find a solution to the recurring issue.

The Arab Coalition routinely carry out targeted strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthi militia to deter the rising wave of violent mostly peaceful acts against Saudi Arabia, and more recently, the UAE.

The coalition maintains that the operations are conducted in line with international humanitarian law.



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