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Arabia
Saudi military reinforcements join Arab coalition in Yemen’s Hajjah
2018-08-30
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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...
has revealed on Wednesday that it sent military reinforcements to Yemen’s Hajjah, north west of the country, to join the Arab coalition backing the legitimate national army.

A military source said that the military force included armored vehicles, engineering teams and hundreds of soldiers.

In the last few days, the pro-Iranian 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 sent military reinforcements to Abs and Mustab directorates in Hajjah governorate, after the Yemeni national army pushed the militias out of nearby Hairan directorate.

Recently, the Houthi militias have been inflicted with huge loses among its leadership in the directorate of Hiran.

According to military sources, Houthi prominent commanders Abdul Wahab Mohammed al-Hussam and Judge Salah Massad Khamousi were killed in battles with the Yemeni army.

For its part, a military source said that the Yemeni army, with the support of the coalition, killed more than 200 Houthi fighters within 3 days, mobilized by the coup militias from Hajjah governorate.

The coalition fighter jets also destroyed 18 positions used by the Houthi militias to launch ballistic missiles.
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