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| Saudi-led forces conduct air strikes in Yemen's Saada |
| 2015-05-09 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Saudi-led forces conducted several air strikes on Thursday against the Yemeni province of Saada, a stronghold of the Iranian-allied 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... movement, 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... 's state news agency SPA said on Friday. The strikes targeted two Houthi control centers in Bani Maaz and destroyed a mine factory in the old quarter of the city of Saada and a communications center in the Mothalath area, the agency said. Two Houthi command centers in the province were also destroyed. Residents of Saada said the strikes had damaged the tomb of the founder of the Houthi movement, Hussein al-Houthi. There was also heavy shelling in the west of the province, on the border area between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, and 13 villagers were killed in strikes on Hajja province, also near the border, locals said. The figures could not be independently verified. In the southeastern province of Shabwa, coalition forces conducted at least five air strikes in the vicinity of Ataq airport and in Ataq city itself, local sources said. Battles also continued between Houthi fighters and opposing militias in the city, with local sources saying 10 Houthis and five fighters were killed on Thursday. Coalition strikes were also conducted in Aden late on Thursday night and early on Friday morning. A Saudi-led coalition began strikes against the Houthis on March 26, aimed at pushing back their advances and restoring President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's government. The Saudi-led forces had threatened on Thursday to deliver a harsh response to Yemen's Houthi militias following attacks on Saudi citizens. The Houthis shelled a Saudi air defense facility north of Najran on Thursday after sending mortars and rockets into the city on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing eight people. Another two Saudis were killed by Houthi shells that hit a village in Jizan province. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Saudis are bombing pretty much everything. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2015-05-09 04:34 |