[AlAhram] Saudi-led warplanes launched a fresh wave of air strikes across 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...
on Saturday targeting Iran-backed rebels as fighting raged on the ground in the south of the country, witnesses said.
The air raids pounded arms depots under the control of the Shia 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
rebels in the locality of Ghula, in Omran province north of Sanaa, residents said.
They followed similar bombardments of weapons storage facilities in the capital that sparked deadly kabooms.
The Arab coalition has stepped up raids on positions held by the Houthis and their allies since a humanitarian ceasefire ended late on Tuesday.
At Hajja in the north of the country, a gathering of Houthis was struck, killing at least 12 of the Shiite fighters, witnesses reported.
Air strikes also attacked rebel positions in the central region of Dhamar, officials there said.
In southern Yemen, warplanes targeted rebels locked in combat with rustics in Ataq, the capital of Shabwa province, military officials said.
The fighting killed at least 28 people, including 17 Houthis and 11 rustics, the sources said.
In Aden, festivities raged in the north, east and west of the port city between rebels and fighters loyal to President Abd-rabbo Mansour Hadi, military sources said.