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2021-03-19 Arabia

Houthi forces launch new attack on Saudi airport

[ALMASDARNEWS] The 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...
i Ansarallah Movement (Iran's Houthi sock puppets

...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
forces) announced this evening, Thursday, that it had attacked an "important" military target at the Abha Airport in 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...
with a drone.The front man for the group’s armed forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in statement on Thursday evening, "The air force carried out an attack on Abha International Airport ."

According to him, "The operation on Abha International Airport has achieved a precise hit."

Furthermore, he stated that "this operation comes within the framework of the legitimate response to the escalation of aggression and its comprehensive siege on Yemen."

No further details were released.

Posted by Fred 2021-03-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top
File under: Houthis

#1 Really, not far from the Yemeni/Saudi border, Southwest corner of Saudi Arabia.
Map (test link DDG maps - DuckDuckGo)

Airport looks like a large facility for the adjacent area, with sufficient highways to service it. Looks to be civilian aviation, but given the ongoing conflict with the Houthis,it may have been converted to joint military/civilian use in the last few years.

Posted by Snakes Greenock5661 2021-03-19 08:54|| 2021-03-19 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 A very useful map, Snakes Greenock5661. Thank you for explaining what I’m looking at. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-19 17:16|| 2021-03-19 17:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks TW, appreciate the comment.

To the east of this location is a Saudi AF Base, the province is a predominantly Houthi ethnic area, so perhaps view this entire affair as "mini civil war" aimed at "liberating the province" and combining it with the Houthis in the western provinces of Yemen to establish a South Sudan state or Eritrea.

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