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| Yemen says Taez will be freed in 'next two days' |
| 2015-08-08 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemen's Interior Minister, Maj. Gen. Abdou Mohammed al-Hudhaifi has said on Friday that there is progress on three fronts in Taez by the Yemeni army and Popular Resistance Forces and that the area would likely be freed from 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... "in the next two days." Hudhaifi said in a statement to Al Arabiya News' sister channel Al Hadath that more than 75 per cent of the people of Taez recognize the legitimacy of the government and reject the presence of Houthi militias and the foces of ousted Former Yemeni President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... . He also added that there some areas which were the exception but that they did not pose an overall threat to the progress made by the army and the resistance forces. Hudhaifi told Al Hadath that there are currently three fronts where battles are currently being front -- in the north, west and south -- where relative peace prevails in the eastern parts. He also added that the Houthi and Saleh militias are attempting to focus their efforts on the east but that the rebel group is slowly heading to a state of confusion and collapse. Hudhaifa predicts that Taez will be completely freed from militias "during the next two days." |
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