 A series of attacks by Shia militants in Yemen's Saada province killed six members of the nation's military and wounded another 20. The BBC said the attacks, which were reportedly led by prominent Shia militant Abel Malek al-Houthi, were focused on unspecified area bases and were the most recent effort by the rebels against Yemen's government.
| Yemen fought a miniature civil war with the Houthi clan a couple or three years ago. After Papa Houthi was bumped off they did the peace and reconciliation routine. They will now be appropriately surprised at the results. I'm suspecting the Houthi movement is remote controlled from Teheran, but that's just a feeling on my part. |
The rebel forces strongly oppose the government's apparent ties to the U.S. government, which has supported Yemen with equipment and training during its ongoing internal conflict. No details were made available on Shia militants casualties in the attacks. A statement from the Saada security committee pledged to limit further violence in the area from what it called "saboteurs." "The local authority and the armed and security forces in the province of Saada ... will carry out their duties in preserving security and stability and ending these acts of sabotage carried out by these criminals," it said. |