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Arabia
Pro-gov’t Yemeni Army captures strategic mountain in Al-Jawf
2019-12-14
[ALMASDARNEWS] On Thursday evening, the pro-government 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...
i Army announced the restoration of a strategic mountain range in the al-Jawf Governorate.

The 1st Brigade of the Yemeni Border Guards said on their official Facebook page last night, "the forces launched a massive attack on the Qash’an mountain range overlooking Wadi Salba in the Khub and Al Sha’af District (east of al-Jawf)."

They continued, "The violent battles that took place with the Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s following the surprisingly qualitative process culminated in tight control over the entire Mount Qash’an region and large parts of Wadi Silba."

According to the brigade, "During the battles, the Houthis suffered heavy losses in lives and equipment."

They would add that "the support of the coalition aviation provided the forces with precise and focused strikes that left scores of dead and maimed Houthis, and destroyed 3 military vehicles, while a vehicle was burned on the top of Qesh’an Mountain."

The media of the first brigade quoted the commander of the northern axis ‐ Commander of the Brigadier General Haikal Hanaf, as saying that "Mount Qash’an has been completely restored, as well as all the cavities that fall in its vicinity."

Posted by:Fred

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