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| Arabia |
| Houthi savagery kills 43 civilians |
| 2015-07-20 |
| [ARABNEWS] A bombardment in Aden by 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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... militia and forces loyal to deposed President 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... killed 43 people and injured 173 on Sunday, the Health Ministry said two days after the city was declared liberated. More than 100 were maimed when the Dar Saad neighborhood in the north of the port city was targeted, local health chief Al-Khader Laswar said. Clashes continued in the city's northern districts as local fighters backed by the Riyadh-based government and a Saudi-led Arab coalition pushed to seize remaining parts of Aden. Those fighters and Yemeni army forces loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi seized Aden's airport and other central areas in an assault dubbed "Operation Golden Arrow." Their advance was aided by Gulf efforts to train and equip Yemeni army forces loyal to Hadi and transport them to Aden. The interior and transportation ministers took part in a meeting aimed at securing the city. The meeting looked into reopening the airport and the port to allow the flow of much-needed aid, as well as the restoration of electricity and water services. "There is no life! No hospitals, no electricity, no water. If it was not for the two wells of the neighborhood, people would have died of thirst," said Crater resident Moatez Al-Mayssuri. Elsewhere, firefighters managed to extinguish a huge blaze at a gas depot southwest of Taiz after Iran-backed rebels shelled it. On Sunday, fighters from the pro-Hadi Popular Resistance advanced toward the rebel-held district of Al-Tawahi, a military source said. The Popular Resistance captured Al-Anad Triangle located in 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 province. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 When you're living in a city named Crater in a war zone, you're pushing your luck |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-07-20 09:30 |