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2021-05-30 Arabia
Houthis takes control of dozens of positions in southern Saudi Arabia, 80+ Saudi casualties
[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] 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 sources reported on Friday night that the Yemeni army and popular committees had taken control of dozens of positions in southwestern Saudi 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. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
According to the reports, the Yemeni army and popular committees have liberated dozens of positions on the Jazan axis in Saudi Arabia following several large-scale offensive operations.

Yemeni forces have been able to force the Saudi military forces, Sudanese mercenaries, and other aggressor forces stationed along the border to flee in this large-scale operation.

The report added that Saudi forces had suffered heavy damages during these operations.

The report also states that various units of the Yemeni army took part in the operation and that more than 40 positions were released.

The Yemenis consider the Jizan, Najran
a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of the province of the same name, a favored target of Houthi rocket forces because they can see it, so there's no math involved....
, and Aseer areas in southern Saudi Arabia to be occupied territories, which the first Yemeni president, former 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...
, ceded to Saudi Arabia.

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Posted by Fred 2021-05-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11160 views ]  Top
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