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| Arabia |
| Several brigades abandon Houthi militia |
| 2015-04-16 |
| [ARABNEWS] The unabated strikes by coalition forces 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. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... are fully serving the purpose of disarming 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... snuffies by degrading their military structure in order to pave the way for restoration of peaceful life as well as the legitimate government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, the Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday. "Our aim was to destroy Houthi militia stocks of ballistic missiles and other fire power, which we succeeded in doing. Besides that, their movements are completely under check to deny them any attempt for their asymmetric warfare techniques and instead of further advancement, the militia is on the backfoot, which will force them to surrender," said Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, a consultant in the office of the defense minister. He added that the militias are in a worse condition after being abandoned by a number of brigades including the 123, 127 and 133. "All signs indicate that the militias have lost concentration and in the wake of arms embargo, they are resorting to isolated operations in order to redeploy by moving some tanks toward Aden and other cities to capture Yemeni fighter jets," he said. "The coalition troops have full information of such locations including Houthi hideouts and have conducted strikes to check their movements," he said. About a meeting between Defense Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, the front man said, "Since 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... and Egypt are allied partner in the operation, this is important to have a regular meeting between allies for better coordination for the success of the campaign." Al-Assiri said once the objective of He said relief work continues to proceed at a good rate with tangible relief measures on the ground to help people. |
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