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| 11 Civilians Killed in 'Rebel Bombing' of Yemen's Taez |
| 2015-11-06 |
| [AnNahar] At least 11 civilians have been killed in "indiscriminate bombing" by rebels of Yemen's third city Taez, as festivities with pro-government forces intensified, a military official said Thursday. The city in central 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... has seen heavy fighting as forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi clash with Shiite Houthis. The Huthis, and their allies among renegade troops loyal to ousted 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... , control the outskirts of the city, which remains in loyalist hands. "Indiscriminate bombing by Huthis and Saleh forces targeted residential areas" in the centre of Taez late on Wednesday, a military official said. As well as the 11 dead, at least 22 people were also maimed, the official said. Medics confirmed the corpse count, saying that the dead included at least one woman. Clashes raged overnight Wednesday on the outskirts of Taez, military sources said. Rebels control the main roads leading into the city. |
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