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Arab coalition foils Houthi militia attack on fishing boats in Red Sea
2018-07-01
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Arab Coalition Supporting Legitimacy 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...
foiled on Saturday an imminent attack 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 ...
militias’s boats against civilian fishing boats in the Red Sea.

The coalition added in a statement that it seized the Houthi militias’ boats along with its cargo of weapons.

In another development the Arab coalition confirmed issuing an entry permit to an oil tanker to enter Hodeidah port in the last 24 hours.

The coalition clarified that six ships already started unloading at Hodeidah port, while seven other ships are waiting for permission to enter the port, pointing out that the ship Great K reached the port after being obstructed by the Houthi militias for 69 days.

The coalition said that the Houthi militias also obstructed the entering of the ship Volante to Hodeidah for more than 39 days.

Meanwhile there are two ships, one waiting at Saleef port, and another waiting for permission to enter.

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