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| Saudi air defense downs Houthi missile over Riyadh |
| 2018-06-25 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] Saudi air defense downed a 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... missile that was fired at the Kingdom’s capital on Sunday evening, al-Ekhbariya TV reported. The Houthi forces fired a ballistic missile towards the Saudi Ministry of Defense’s data center, which is located in Riyadh city. Prior to this announcement, locals in Riyadh reported loud blasts inside the city; this would later be confirmed to be a Houthi missile attack. This latest attack by the Houthi forces comes just hours after the Saudi-led Coalition heavily bombarded the historical Yemeni city of Sa’ada in the northern part of the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |