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| Yemen PM tells Houthis: no more 'adventures' |
| 2015-10-04 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah warned Iranian-backed 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... militias Saturday that there was no place in the country for more "adventures," vowing to press on with a campaign to retake territory from them. "There is no room for any more political or military adventures," said Bahah, who is also vice president. "This is a last warning to the Houthis and their allies" among troops loyal to ousted 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... . Bahah was speaking at a military camp near the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, which loyalist forces retook control over on Tuesday. The narrow waterway funnels shipping to and from the Suez Canal, which lies at the north end of the Red Sea. President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi and his government returned to Aden last month following six months in exile, after loyalist forces regained control of the port city and four other southern provinces from the rebels. The miltias still control the capital and northern provinces near the border with 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... , but loyalists have been pressing a campaign whose eventual aim is to regain Sanaa. Bahah said the current operation "will push to retake Mokha and Hodeida," both on the Red Sea, and then the "whole coastline up to the border with Saudi Arabia". The port of Mokha lies some 20 kilometers north of the area seized this week. Hodeida, about 190 kilometers farther north, lies to the west of Sanaa. Controlling it would help create a pincer on the capital, as loyalist forces have also been pressing rebels in Marib province, to its east. Military officials said warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition backing them had carried out several strikes Saturday on rebel positions, while saying the festivities in the past 24 hours had left 19 dead, including 12 militias. |
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