...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...targeting the set of a TV series for the al-Masirah channel that is run 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
Ansarullah movement.
The
hit the Marawi'ah district in the Yemeni province of Hudaydah on Thursday during the filming of the TV series for the fasting month of Ramadan.A Yemeni photographer said the victims were the series' set designer and finance director. Multiple military vehicles, including two tanks, were at the site of the attack, informed sources told AFP.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results...
a security source said Thursday's attack was one of a string of the Saudi strikes on Hudaydah.
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...
and its allies launched the war in March 2015 in support of Yemen’s former Riyadh-friendly government and against the Houthis, who are currently running state affairs.
The military campaign has killed and injured over 600,000 civilians, according to the latest figures released by the Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights.
Several Western countries, the US and the UK in particular, are accused of being complicit in the aggression as they supply the Riyadh regime with advanced weapons and military equipment.