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| Yemeni naval forces, allies sink vessel of Saudi-led coalition off Mukha |
| 2017-08-13 |
| [Iran Press TV] Yemeni naval forces, backed by fighters from Popular Committees, have reportedly targeted and destroyed a military vessel in a missile attack off the coast of the country’s southwestern province of Ta'izz. A military source, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that the frigate was targeted with a guided missile in waters near the port city of Mukha, situated 346 kilometers south of the capital Sana'a, on Saturday. On July 29, 12 Emirati troopers bit the dust and another 23 sustained injuries when their frigate was targeted with a guided missile off the coast of Mukha. An unnamed military source told Yemen’s official SABA news agency that the vessel was heavily loaded with various munitions, and the missile attack caused a series of kabooms that lasted until 8:30 p.m. local time (1730 GMT), before water-dropping planes could extinguish the flames. The source added that the maimed Emirati soldiers have been transported to the Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... n port city of Assab to receive treatment. The Yemeni navy has warned the Saudi-led military coalition, which is assisting Riyadh in its war on Yemen, against any adventurism in the Red Sea, efforts to prevent humanitarian convoys from reaching the strategic port city of Hudaydah and attacks on Yemeni fishermen. The naval force, in a statement released on July 30, said the escalation of confrontation in the Red Sea does not serve the interests of any side, emphasizing that Yemeni fighters would not hesitate to give a befitting response to any act of aggression against their country. |
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