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| Houthis Say 43 Killed in Airstrikes on Central Yemen City |
| 2015-08-22 |
| [VOA News] Iranian-allied fighters controlling much of 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... said on Friday ...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... killed 43 people in the central city of Taiz. Taiz has become the latest focus of fighting for supporters of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who was driven into exile in Saudi Arabia by the 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... fighters. Medical sources said Houthi attacks on the city killed 13 people, including seven children. Rooters was not immediately able to independently verify the information on either side. There was no immediate comment from officials from the Saudi-led coalition. The Saba news agency run by the Houthis said the Saudi-led air raids late on Thursday targeted Taiz's republican palace and the city's Sala neighborhood, which has a dense population of the Houthi group that dominates northern Yemen. It said 50 people had been injured and some of the 43 killed were found dead in the ruins of buildings destroyed by the bombing in Sala. Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... local officials told Rooters that Houthi fighters fired mortars at Taiz's Asifrah neighborhood and al-Masbah, east of the city, in a bid to drive out Hadi's supporters. They said the shelling destroyed a main power plant in the city. |
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