[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Forces loyal to President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi are stepping up military efforts to retake Yemen's capital Sanaa from Iranian-backed 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...
militias, according to Al Arabiya News Channel.
The Popular Resistance is backed by a Saudi-led coalition, which has been leading an air campaign against the militia since March, and Yemeni armed forces.
The Houthis overran Sanaa in September, causing violence across the country.
Meanwhile,
...back at the hanging, Butch continued with his last words, trying not to repeat himself too often......
Saudi special forces have revealed that landmines believed to be planted by Houthis have been located on the Saudi-Yemeni border, according to security sources.
The sources said that the special forces have successfully destroyed the landmines.
On Sunday, Houthis seized control of the University of Sanaa and captured a number of professors, including an education official.
Last month, Yemeni forces supported by Saudi-led air strikes recaptured positions on the outskirts of the second city of Aden, areas used by Houthis to fire rockets into the city.
A political crisis in 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. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
descended into civil war in late March when Houthi forces advanced south toward the main southern port of Aden in late March and caused Hadi to flee to 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...
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