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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian regime coordinates military training with Yemeni Houthis
2015-03-09
[ARA] A delegation from the pro-Assad Syrian National Defense Army visited Yemen last week through Beirut International Airport, private sources told ARA News.

"Such visits are aimed to increase coordination between the Syrian regime and the 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
group in Yemen to bring the latter's members in order to receive military training in Syria as well as exchanging security information between the two sides," a regime-linked source told ARA News on condition of anonymity.
Syria has better live fire training than Iran for some reason. No doubt at some point the Shia Afghans currently undergoing training in Iran will graduate to Syria, too.
Speaking to ARA News, the Syrian journalist Mazen Jerdi said that recently the social media networking sites published pictures of Khamenei, the Islamic Theocratic Republic guide, in the streets of the Yemeni cities, as well as pictures of Syrian president Bashir al-Assad which were raised by Houthi protesters there.

"It's no more secret that strong relations link the Houthis with both Iran and the Assad regime, and such mutual relations will definitely include military exercises under the direct supervision of Iranian authorities," Jerdi argued, pointing out that the Houthis will thus lead Yemen and will threaten the southern region of 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...
as part of the strategic policy of Iran.

In the meantime, Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi told news hounds on Saturday that the capital Sanaa is currently occupied by the Houthis, and declared the city of Aden as Yemen's symbolic capital temporarily.
Posted by:Fred

#1  LOOK NORTH, YOUNG SHIA = HOUTHI, LOOK NORTH.

* WAFF > [Defence News] TURKEY SEEKS BIGGER MILITARY ROLE IN GULF REGION.

* SAME > A GREEK-TURKEY FEDERATION?

OR WESTWARD?

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > SAUDI ARABIA PREPARES FOR IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL, + "Rise/Return of Persia [Iran]".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-03-09 23:00  

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