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Arabia

One killed, 15 injured in US airstrikes on Yemen’s capital

2025-03-25

[HodhodYemenNews] US aggression aircraft resumed their criminal raids on the capital, Sana’a, and Sa’adah province, which led to the martyrdom of at least one person and injuring 15 others, including 3 children and 2 women in an initial toll.

According to local sources in Sana’a, reported that the US aggression launched raids on the capital, targeting a residential building in the Asr neighborhood of Mo’een district.

In Saada, the aggression aircraft carried out two raids on the outskirts of the city. The US aggression later launched a raid on Sahar district and another on Saqeen district.

These raids on Saada follow a series of US aggression strikes on Saturday evening and Sunday dawn, which targeted the districts of Kitaf and Saqeen in the same province, as well as Hodeidah airport, Salif port, and areas in Ma’rib province.

The American aggression is aimed at trying to stop Yemen’s operations against Israeli targets, including Israeli ships, and Israeli-linked vessels. They describe the aggression as an attempt on the part of Washington to render Sana’a’s defenses incapable of taking on the regime in response to its bloodshed and destruction in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
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The Times of Israel adds:

Saudi news site claims senior rebel killed in strike on residential neighborhood in capital; Trump official claims bombing campaign taking out Iran-backed group’s ‘key leadership’

US airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels pounded sites across the country into Monday, with the group saying the one attack in the capital killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others, as the American air campaign against the rebel group entered a second week.

The rebel-controlled SABA news agency reported, citing health officials, that the US-attributed strike on a residential neighborhood in western Sanaa killed one and injured 13, including three children.

According to the Saudi Al Hadath network, a senior Houthi official was killed in the strike on the capital. However, the report did not identify the official by name or by position.

Footage released by the rebels showed the rubble of a collapsed building and pools of blood staining the gray dust covering the ground.

A building next to the collapsed structure still stood, suggesting American forces likely used a lower-yield warhead in the strike.

The Houthis also described American airstrikes targeting sites around the city of Saada, a Houthi stronghold, the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, and Marib province, home to oil and gas fields still under the control of allies to Yemen’s exiled central government.

The American strikes entered a 10th day without a sign of stopping, part of a campaign by US President Donald Trump, targeting the rebel group that threatens maritime trade and Israel, while also trying to pressure Iran, the Houthis’ main benefactor.

So far, the US has not offered any specifics on the sites it is striking, though Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz claimed the attacks have “taken out key Houthi leadership, including their head missileer.”

That has not been acknowledged by the Houthis, though the rebels have downplayed their losses in the past and exaggerated their attacks in attempting to target American warships.

“We’ve hit their headquarters,” Waltz told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “We’ve hit communications nodes, weapons factories, and even some of their over-the-water drone production facilities.”

The campaign of airstrikes targeting the rebels, which killed at least 53 people immediately after they began March 15, started after the Houthis threatened to begin targeting “Israeli” ships again over Israel blocking aid entering the Gaza Strip.

More from the Times of Israel:

The latest US strikes came after antisemitic influencer Jackson Hinkle visited Yemen over the weekend and met with senior Houthi leaders at a conference in Sanaa entitled “Palestine: The Central Issue of the Nation – You Are Not Alone.”

Hinkle, a US citizen known to spread disinformation and conspiracy theories about Israel and Ukraine on social media, met with members of the US-listed terrorist organization at the conference in apparent violation of American law, though he currently resides in Russia.

❤️???????? It was a GREAT HONOR to meet ANSAR ALLAH’S YAHYA SAREE in Yemen. pic.twitter.com/nZISJuDCAH

— Jackson Hinkle ???????? (@jacksonhinklle) March 23, 2025

Hinkle also attended the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon last month.

The conference on Saturday included Hamas representatives in Yemen, former South African parliamentarian and grandson of Nelson Mandela, Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela, former Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Brazilian analyst Deb Escobar, former Member of European Parliament Mick Wallace, and others.

The conference discussed the strategic dimensions of Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the dangers of normalization, and the role of resistance in confronting the Zionist entity, according to its press announcement.

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Arabia

Houthis claim attack on US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman

2025-01-07

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Rebels from the Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) attacked the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman in the Red Sea with drones and missiles. This statement was made on January 6 by the representative of the Yemeni movement, Yahya Saria.

"The operation, carried out using two cruise missiles and four drones, disrupted the United States' preparations for a large-scale air strike on Yemen," Al Masirah TV quoted the movement's representative as saying.

In addition, the Houthis carried out two more drone strikes later in the evening, targeting a military facility in the Israeli port city of Jaffa and a “vital Israeli facility” in Ashkelon, Yahya Sari said. He added that the drones successfully reached their targets.

Betcha none of the weapons hit their targets this time, dear Reader, just like almost all Houthi attacks previously.

As reported by Regnum, the day before, Saria said that the Houthis had launched a rocket attack on the Orot Rabin power plant near the northern Israeli city of Haifa. The movement's military spokesman clarified that the strike was carried out in support of the Gaza Strip. He also added that the Houthis' military capabilities were "constantly evolving."

On January 3, the Ansar Allah movement also reported a missile strike on a power plant. The attack targeted a facility east of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. In addition, the Houthis reported using drones to strike a "military target" located in the said settlement.

On January 1, the Ansar Allah movement reported the destruction of a US-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen. According to Yahya Sariyya, the drone was in the airspace of Marib province.

Houthis claim to have fired four drones at Israel today; IDF unaware of launches; no impacts reported

[IsraelTimes] The 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 America™, 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...
s 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...
claim to have launched four drones at Israel today.

In a statement, the Iran-backed terror group says it targeted a "military target" in the Tel Aviv area with two drones and a "vital target" near Ashkelon this afternoon, as well as another target near Tel Aviv this evening.

The IDF is unaware of any drones reaching Israel from Yemen today, and there have been no reports of impacts.

The Houthis also claim to have targeted the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman with several missiles in drones in the Red Sea.

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Arabia

Houthis Claim Rocket Attack on Israeli Power Plant; they did their part — it was Allah who again missed

2025-01-06

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Rebels from the Shiite Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) launched a rocket attack on the Orot Rabin power plant near the city of Haifa in northern Israel. This was reported on January 5 by the military spokesman for the Yemeni organization, Yahya Saria.

"The [Houthi] armed forces attacked the Orot Rabin power plant south of Haifa using a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile," he said in a statement distributed by Al-Masirah TV channel.

Saria noted that the target was successfully hit.

Nope. Another claim bites the dust.

The military spokesman for the movement specified that the strike was carried out in support of the Gaza Strip. In addition, he added that the Houthis' military capabilities are "constantly evolving."

And a perfectly fitting support of the failing Hamas movement it is, too.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 3, the Ansar Allah movement also reported a missile strike on a power plant. The attack targeted a facility east of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. In addition, the Houthis reported using drones to strike a "military target" located in the said settlement.

On January 1, the Ansar Allah movement reported the destruction of a US-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen. According to Yahya Sariyya, the drone was in the airspace of Marib province.

On December 28, the Houthis reported that they had attacked the Nevatim air force base in the Negev Desert in southern Israel with a Palestine-2 hypersonic missile.

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Arabia

Houthis say they hit a power plant east of Tel Aviv, Israel says they didn’t

2025-01-04

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Rebels from the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) attacked a power plant east of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. This is stated in a statement by the armed forces of this organization.

"The first operation using the Palestine-2 hypersonic missile was undertaken to attack a power plant," the report said.

In addition, the Houthis claim that they used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to strike a "military target" located in Tel Aviv. The Ansar Allah movement noted that both objects were successfully hit.

As reported by Regnum, on December 28, the Houthis said they had attacked the Nevatim air base in the Negev Desert in southern Israel with a Palestine-2 hypersonic missile. On December 31, the Ansar Allah movement reported that it had struck the US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman using cruise missiles and drones.

On January 1, the Houthis claimed to have shot down a US-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemeni territory. According to Ansar Allah military spokesman Yahya Sariyeh, the drone was in the airspace of Marib province. He claims that this is the second MQ-9 Reaper that the Houthis have managed to shoot down over Yemeni territory in 72 hours.

The Times of Israel reported yesterday:

The 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 America™, 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...
s 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...
take responsibility for the overnight ballistic missile attack on Israel and this morning’s attempted drone attack.
The Iran-backed terror group claims to have targeted a power station east of Tel Aviv in the overnight missile attack. The IDF said the missile was shot down by air defenses, but a fragment impacted near the central city of Modiin.

The Houthis also claim to have hit a military target in the Tel Aviv area this morning with a drone. According to the IDF, the drone was shot down by the Israeli Air Force before reaching Israel.

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Arabia

Houthis Claim MQ-9 Reaper Drone Destroyed Over Yemen

2025-01-02

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Rebels from the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) shot down an American-made MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Yemeni territory. This was reported by the military representative of the said organization, Yahya Saria.

“We managed to destroy the American MQ-9 drone,” he said on the Al Masirah TV channel.
Does this mean American military intelligence now knows where the Houthi targetting group can be found?
According to Saria, the drone was in the airspace of Marib province. The Ansar Allah representative claims that this is the second MQ-9 Reaper that the Houthis have managed to shoot down over Yemeni territory in the last 72 hours.

He added that since the beginning of the escalation in the Middle East, the movement's forces have intercepted 14 American UAVs of this type. The MQ-9 Reaper is in service with the US and Britain.

As reported by Regnum, on December 28, the Houthis claimed to have attacked the Nevatim air force base in the Negev Desert in southern Israel with a Palestine-2 hypersonic missile. The missile was said to have successfully hit its target.

On December 31, Yahya Saria said Ansar Allah had attacked the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier using cruise missiles and drones. The Houthis attacked the ship as it was preparing to strike targets in Yemen.

A few hours after this statement, it became known that the city of Sanaa (the Yemeni capital) was subjected to airstrikes. According to the Al Masirah TV channel, one of the targets was the Al-Arda complex, where the Ministry of Defense of the National Salvation Government, created by the Houthis, is located.

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Arabia

Houthis Claim to Have Destroyed US MQ-9 Reaper Drone

2024-09-09

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The American MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed in the skies over Marib province by Houthi air defense systems. This was stated on September 7 by the military spokesman for the Ansar Allah movement, Yahya Saria.

“An American MQ-9 drone was shot down while it was carrying out hostile actions in the airspace of Marib province,” Al Masirah TV channel quotes him as saying.

The movement's representative clarified that this reconnaissance and strike drone was the eighth American drone of this type destroyed over Yemen since 2017.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 2, the Blue Lagoon I oil tanker under the Panama flag and the Amjad vessel under the Saudi Arabian flag were attacked in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. Before that, Yahya Saria said that the Houthis attacked the Sounion tanker in the Red Sea and the Sw North Wind I dry cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden using UAVs, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles.

The Houthis have been attacking ships linked to Israel and its allies since the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in October 2023, demanding an end to the IDF military operation in the Gaza Strip.

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Arabia

The Houthis say they attacked six commercial ships.

2024-05-30

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) has recently attacked six commercial ships, one of which was in the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced on May 29 by the military representative of the movement, Yahya Saria, on the Al Masirah TV channel.

According to a military spokesman, the movement carried out strikes using drones, as well as anti-ship and ballistic missiles against the Laax, Morea and Sealady in the Red Sea, as well as the Alba and Maersk Hartford in the Arabian Sea.

According to Saria, all these vessels were damaged as a result of the strikes.

“The target of the sixth military operation was the Minerva Antonia, which was attacked in the Mediterranean Sea by several cruise missiles,” he said.

As Regnum reported, on May 28, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported a Houthi missile attack in the Red Sea on the Greek ship Laax, sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands. According to the US military, the Ansar Allah movement fired five anti-ship ballistic missiles towards the ship, at least three of which reached their target.

Saria reported on May 24 that the Houthis first attacked the commercial ship Essex en route to Israel in the Mediterranean Sea. The movement also hit the MSC Alexandra in the Arabian Sea and the Yannis in the Red Sea, he said.

Houthi leader Abdel Malik al-Houthi said on May 23 that the movement carried out one of the operations in the Mediterranean Sea. He clarified that in total, 119 ships associated with Israel, the United States and Britain were attacked.

The Houthis began attacks on ships associated with Israel in the fall of 2023 after the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and the launch of a ground operation by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip in support of the Palestinian Hamas movement. The actions of the Yemeni movement contributed to a decrease in the level of maritime transport and its rise in cost. In mid-January, the United States and Great Britain began striking Houthi positions, but the movement's attacks did not stop.

More from regnum.ru
Houthis say they shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone.

Houthis from the rebel Ansar Allah movement shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone in the skies over Yemen, said the movement's military spokesman Yahya Sari, quoted by Al Masirah TV channel.

“The air defense forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces managed to shoot down an American MQ-9 drone early on Wednesday morning while it was carrying out a hostile mission in the skies over Marib province,” he said.

Sariya added that the Houthis destroyed the UAV using a locally produced anti-aircraft missile system.

According to him, this is the sixth American drone shot down by the Houthis since the beginning of the escalation in the region, which followed the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the Gaza Strip in October 2023.

On the same day, a representative of the movement informed that Ansar Allah had recently attacked six commercial ships, one of which was in the Mediterranean Sea.

As reported by IA Regnum, on May 24, Saria stated that the Houthis for the first time attacked the Essex commercial ship en route to Israel in the Mediterranean Sea. The movement also hit the MSC Alexandra in the Arabian Sea and the Yannis in the Red Sea, he said.

On May 28, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported a Houthi missile attack in the Red Sea on the Greek ship Laax, sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands. According to the US military, the Ansar Allah movement fired five anti-ship ballistic missiles towards the ship, at least three of which reached their target.

The Houthis began attacks on ships associated with Israel in the fall of 2023 after the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and the launch of a ground operation by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip in support of the Palestinian Hamas movement. The actions of the Yemeni movement contributed to a decrease in the level of maritime transport and its rise in cost. In mid-January, the United States and Great Britain began striking Houthi positions, but the movement's attacks did not stop.

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Arabia

Yemen’s Houthis claim to shoot down US MQ-9 Reaper drone; ship targeted in Red Sea

2024-05-19

[IsraelTimes] Footage appears to show wreckage of $30 million UAV; missile fired at Panama-flagged vessel off the coast of Yemeni port Hodeida, crew all safe

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 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 America™, 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...
rebels on Friday claimed to have shot down an American drone, hours after footage circulated online of what appeared to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper drone. Early Saturday, a vessel also came under attack in the Red Sea.

Houthi military front man Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed that rebels shot down the Reaper on Thursday with a surface-to-air missile. He described the drone as "carrying out hostile actions" in Yemen’s Marib province, which remains held by allies of Yemen’s exiled, internationally recognized government.

The Houthis later released footage they claimed showed the surface-to-air-missile being launched at night, along with night-vision footage of the missile hitting the drone. A man, whose voice had been digitally altered to apparently prevent identification, chanted the Houthi slogan: "God is the greatest; death to America; death to Israel; curse the Jews; victory to Islam."

Online video showed wreckage resembling the pieces of the Reaper on the ground, as well as footage of that wreckage on fire.

The United States military did not respond to a request for comment from The News Agency that Dare Not be Named over the Houthi claim. While the rebels have made claims about attacks that turned out later not to be true, they have a history of shooting down US drones and have been armed by their main benefactor, Iran, with weapons capable of high-altitude attack.

Since the Houthis seized the country’s north and its capital, Sanaa, in 2014, the US military has previously lost at least five drones to the rebels.

Reapers, which cost around $30 million apiece, can fly at altitudes up to 50,000 feet and have an endurance of up to 24 hours before needing to land.

The drone shootdown comes as the Houthis launch attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, demanding Israel ends the war against Hamas
Hamas

..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
The Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, seized one vessel and sunk another since November, according to the US Maritime Administration.

Early Saturday, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said a ship came under attack off the coast of Yemen’s port city of Hodeida. The captain "has confirmed sustaining slight damage after being struck by an unknown object on his port quarter," the UKMTO said. "The vessel and crew are safe and continuing to its next port of call."

Houthi attacks have dropped in recent weeks as the rebels have been targeted by a US-led ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
campaign in Yemen. Shipping through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden still remains low because of the threat, however.

Last week, the Houthis threatened to extend their attacks to Israel-bound shipping to the Mediterranean.

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Arabia

Al-Qaeda confirms top figure killed in US strike in Yemen last month, says monitor

2023-03-06

[IsraelTimes] al-Qaeda confirms the death of a senior figure in the jihadist network’s 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...
branch in a suspected US ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
<del>Arclight</del> airstrike

...KABOOM!...
last month, SITE Intelligence Group reports.

Security and local government sources told AFP last week that Hamad bin Hamoud al-Tamimi had been killed, identifying him as a top leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000...
(AQAP), which Washington regards as among the group’s most dangerous branches.

Tamimi, a Saudi also known as Abdel Aziz al-Adnani, died in a dronezap on February 26 that targeted his residence in war-torn Yemen’s northern Marib province, according to the statement reported by SITE, which monitors jihadist websites.

The statement identifies him as a "media official" who "previously managed external operations in the group, including those striking American interests," SITE says.

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Arabia

US Drone Strike Kills Al Qaeda Leader as US-Saudi Coalition Continues to Back Al Qaeda in Ma'rib

2023-03-02

[HODHODYEMENNEWS] A prominent Saudi leader in al-Qaeda was killed in the city of Ma’rib, the last stronghold of the Islah party loyal to the Saudi-led coalition in northern 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...
Activists from the city of Ma’rib said that Hamad Hammoud al-Othman al-Tamimi, a Saudi national judicial authority for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000...
, was killed last Sunday, along with one of his ~~lover~~ companions, in the US strikes on the house al-Tamimi rented recently in Hosoun al-Jalal, east of the city.

The Saudi coalition forces in Ma’rib had refused to reveal the details of the raid and cordoned off the area targeted by the US raid last Sunday.

Previously, al-Qaeda has mourned many of its leaders who were killed in air strikes while they were in the coalition-held Wadi Abaidah area of Ma’rib, while they were fighting alongside coalition forces on Ma’rib fronts.

According to the organization’s video, al-Tamimi, who joined al-Qaeda in 2002, was arrested in 2007, and placed in al-Tarfiya prison in al-Qassim area of 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...
The new operation may represent a blow to Saudi Arabia, which is using the organization to strengthen its grip on Ma’rib, in light of the resentment of the Islah party, the wing of the Moslem Brüderbund, at Riyadh’s measures to reduce its influence in the oil province.

Al-Tamimi joined al-Qaeda in Yemen after the Saudi authorities released him in 2012.

Al Ahram adds:

Hamad bin Hamoud al-Tamimi, a top leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which Washington regards as among the global jihadist network's most dangerous branches, died in the strike along with a bodyguard, a security official said, requesting anonymity.

The air strike, targeting a house in the northern province of Marib that al-Tamimi had recently rented, was "apparently American", the official said. A Marib government official, also speaking anonymously, confirmed the deaths.

Tamimi, a Saudi also known as Abdel Aziz al-Adnani, headed up AQAP's leadership council and acted as the militant group's "judge", the sources said. The "president of the consultative council and judge, known as Abdel Aziz al-Adnani, was killed with a Yemeni bodyguard", the Marib official said.

AQAP, and rival militants loyal to the Islamic State group, have thrived in the chaos of Yemen's civil war, which pits the Saudi-backed government against Iran-allied Huthi rebels. AQAP has carried out operations against both the Huthis and government forces as well as sporadic attacks abroad. Its leaders have been targeted by a US drone war for more than two decades, although the number of strikes has dropped off in recent years.

The attack comes a month after three alleged AQAP militants were killed in a suspected US drone strike on a car in Marib province.

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Arabia

US drone kills two Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen’s Marib

2023-02-28

[Shafaq News] Two al-Qaeda members were killed by a US drone 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...
Sources told Sputnik that the US air strike shook a house in the Houson al-Jalal region in the Wadi Abeda district, east to Maareb, killing two and injuring another.

The incident is the last in a series of similar strikes on al-Qaeda in Yemen.

Last January, a drone struck a vehicle carrying three al-Qaeda turbans near a fuel station in the Wadi Ubaidah district in Marib province.

Local media said Hassan al-Hadrami, an al-Qaeda explosives expert, was among those killed in the attack.

For years, the US carried out ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
<del>Arclight</del> airstrike

...KABOOM!...
s against al-Qaeda elements in Yemen, some of which killed prominent leaders of the terrorist organization.

Hodhod Yemen News adds:

Local sources indicated that the American drone bombed a house believed to have included al-Qaeda operatives in the Jalal area in Wadi Ubaidah.

The sources confirmed that the raid caused a major explosion in the area and left at least two dead.

This American air attack came, in light of the escalation of air attacks on areas under the control of the Saudi and Emirati backed factions.

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Arabia

Target: Burj Khalifa

2022-02-01

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Houthi military propaganda has taken to the topic of attacks on the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai, threatening to destroy the tallest building in the world with drone and ballistic missile attacks. The main leitmotif is that being in this building is no longer safe and Ansar Allah considers the skyscraper as a legitimate military target due to the continued bombing of Yemeni cities.

Also among the stated desired targets are an international airport, Expo Center 2022 and other large buildings in the center of the UAE capital.

In addition to the threats themselves, the Houthis thus seek to inflict indirect economic damage on the UAE, scaring away business.

A video with a drone strike on Burj Khalifa is attached

Aufklärung über die Angriffe auf UAE: Ein weiteres Video das einen Angriff, der Houthi Terroristen auf das Burj Khalifa animiert darstellt. #IRGCTerror #Yemen #Houthis #UAE #AbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/NgIgA8hE74
— WaronterrorsocialmediaIntelligenceBusiness2 (@Waronterrorsoc1) January 31, 2022

Plus, do not forget about Abu Dhabi International Airport and other targets.

Yesterday there was a strange explosion at the Dubai Expo, after which the building was evacuated:

#BREAKING #UAE

🔴UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EXPLOSION HEARD INSIDE THE DUBAI EXPO!

According to eyewitnesses, at around 4 am UAE time, an explosion was heard inside the #Dubai Expo and the building was evacuated from visitors.#BreakingNews #Video #DubaiExpo #Explosion pic.twitter.com/45QuqrTAfD
— loveworld (@LoveWorld_Peopl) January 30, 2022

(A drone hit is suspected - the UAE denies this).

At night, a ballistic missile was launched at Dubai, which was shot down by the forces of the Dubai air defense center. The destruction of the launcher in Yemen was also announced (but here 50 to 50 - the last time the emirates gave out a truck stop for the destruction of the launcher).

Several citizens have been arrested in the UAE for posting videos of attacks on social media. Military censorship is trying to block any evidence of successful hits on Dubai so as not to give the Houthis additional propaganda material.

The Houthis themselves claim a successful complex operation using drones and missiles. Yesterday's attacks were timed to coincide with the visit of the Israeli President to the UAE and led to a disruption in the departure schedule. Yemeni sources joke that Ansar Allah sent gifts to two "lovers". The Houthis promise to provide more details of the attacks on the UAE during the day.

At night, in retaliation for these attacks, the Emirates and the Saudis again bombed Sanaa. 8 airstrikes reported.

The bombing of Sanaa has been ongoing since 2015. This is to the question of who is to blame for the attacks on Dubai.

PS. And also in Yemen.

1. According to the UN, in 2021, more than 1,500 underage soldiers who fought on the side of the Houthis died on the fronts of the Yemeni war.

2. Houthi air defenses shot down another "Scan Eagle" UAV Already the 7th in recent months:

#Houthi #Houthis #Houthi_is_Terrorist_Group

The Houthis in Marib province shot down an American-made ScanEagle UAV of the Saudi Arabian Air Force. pic.twitter.com/elOjzKfin8
— David Kime (@CyberRealms1) January 31, 2022

3. Houthi troops recaptured part of the territory in southern Marib, which they lost in January as a result of the offensive of the emirates' forces. They use the withdrawal of "Amaliki" from the front.

4. It is also worth noting that the Houthis sent a farewell podzhopnik to the forces of the Amalika brigade withdrawn from the front in South Marib, launching a ballistic missile at the area of concentration of forces that were awaiting orders to depart for the southern provinces.

UAE Intercepts Yemen Missile as Israeli President Visits #MiddleEast https://t.co/lgT7V3uFPH
— Naharnet (@Naharnet) January 31, 2022

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