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Houthi forces shoot down Saudi spy plane along Yemeni border
2019-01-03
[ALMASDARNEWS] For the second time in the last 48 hours, 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 ...
forces have shot down a Saudi spy plane along the Yemeni border.

According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their troops managed to down the Saudi Coalition reconnaissance plane after it circled their positions in the Jahfan area of the Jizan province.

No further details have been released regarding this latest incident.

The Houthi forces have been active in this 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...
n province since the start of the Yemeni Conflict in 2015; they currently control a large portion of the southeastern border.
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