[ARABNEWS] Shelling by Iran-backed Shiite 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...
militia killed three soldiers from 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 one from the UAE stationed on Yemen's border with the Kingdom, media reported on Thursday.
Two Saudi soldiers were killed at sunset Wednesday when a rocket landed in Jazan, the Saudi-led coalition said, the SPA reported.
It did not specify the source of fire but cross-border shelling by the Houthis has become frequent since Riyadh launched an air campaign.
The statement said a Saudi border guard was killed at the Alab crossing point in Asir, without elaborating.
On Monday, an Emirati soldier died in a border skirmish with Houthi fighters, the statement added.
A spate of bombings in Sanaa continued on Thursday, as a remote controlled device detonated outside the state news agency according to residents, killing a Houthi fighter and wounding two others.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio wondered: Where the hell was Chumbaloni? And where was his $600?...
the UN Security Council said Thursday that commercial cargo ships carrying food, fuel and other vital supplies must be allowed to reach ports 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...
which is threatened by famine.