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2021-11-19 Arabia
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis say nearly 15,000 of its fighters killed since mid-June
[IsraelTimes] Nearly 15,000 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 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...
fighters have been killed near the strategic city of Marib since June, two sources close to the Iran-backed rebels tell AFP today.

"The Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s launched by the Saudi-led military coalition and the battles have killed nearly 14,700 Houthis since mid-June near Marib," says an official at the rebel-run defense ministry. Another official from the same office confirms the toll.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-11-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ]  Top
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