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| Yemeni government launches offensive on Houthis in Taiz |
| 2016-09-30 |
| [MIDDLEEASTMONITOR] The Yemeni army and Popular Resistance Forces today launched a major offensive against 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... and Saleh sites in Taiz, southerwest of the country. A front man for the military council in Taiz, Colonel Mansour al-Hassani, said that government forces launched a military operation in the western and north-eastern side of the city. He added: "The national army and popular resistance advanced from several directions... and achieved great successes." Fighting was ongoing he said. The Saudi-led coalition’s fighter jets struck Houthi positions and those of forces loyal to the group and targeted sites on the western side of the city, al-Hassani said. "They achieved their objectives accurately." 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... has been lock in a bitter battle between Shia Houthi fighters allied with forces 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... and government forces led by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi who is being backed by the Saudi-led coalition’s |
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