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Arabia
Houthi forces capture key base in Saudi Arabia
2016-08-27
[ALMASDARNEWS] 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 ...
forces, backed by the Yemeni Republican Guard, seized a key military base in the Najran area of southern 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...
, Al-Masirah News Agency reported on Friday night.

According to Al-Masirah, the Houthi forces and Yemeni Republican Guard managed to capture the bases in east Shabakah, which is located in the Najran Valley of Saudi Arabia.

Video footage of this advance was captured by Hezbollah’s media wing and shared on Al-Masirah’s news channel:

Posted by:Fred

#2  If there was a way to turn Filipino maids into a fighting force, the Saudis would be unbeatable.

Snark of the day.
Posted by: SteveS   2016-08-27 12:34  

#1  losing a Saoodi base in Saoodi? A reflection of what a paper tiger they really are without mercs and 'Mericans defending them?
Posted by: Frank G   2016-08-27 09:18  

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