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| Yemen Rebel Forces Kill Loyalist Army Commander in South |
| 2015-05-07 |
| [AnNahar] Rebel fighters on Wednesday rubbed out the commander of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi's loyalist forces in southern Yemen, a military official said. General Ali Nasser Hadi was killed as he led forces fighting Huthi Iranian catspaws in the Tawahi district of the port city of Aden, the official told Agence La Belle France Presse. General Hadi, who is not related to the exiled president, was appointed in March to lead loyalist forces in a southern area including the provinces of Aden, Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... and restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement Pro-Hadi forces, including military units and militia fighters, have been battling the Iran-backed rebels for weeks in Aden, the president's former stronghold. Hadi fled Aden in late March as the Huthis advanced on the city after seizing control of large parts of the country, including the capital Sanaa. A Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes against the rebels including in Aden, where fighting has continued to rage. The city's health chief Al-Khader Laswar said early Thursday that the previous 24 hours of fighting in Aden had left seven people dead and 95 others maimed -- including pro-Hadi fighters and civilians. A military source said that coalition raids had also killed 17 rebels overnight in Aden. |
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