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Arabia
Yemeni army, Houthi militias clash in central province
2020-05-13
[AA.TR] The 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 Tuesday that tens of 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...
militias were killed and injured in festivities in al-Bayda governorate.

According to the army’s SeptemberNet website, Houthi rebels attacked the northern Qaniyah front, which triggered festivities between the two sides.

No further details were provided on the casualties.

It also said that the rebels attacked army positions on the Nihm front northeast of the capital Sana’a but were repelled. There were no casualties in the attacks, it added.

The Houthis have yet to comment on the incidents.

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