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At least 60 killed in clashes in Yemen's Marib: sources pic.twitter.com/of0fZMSexP
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...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...
Friday between Iran-backed 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey 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 and government forces in the strategic northern province of Marib, government sources said.
The dead included at least 27 pro-government forces and 34 Houthis, a government source told AFP, adding it was the "most
The rebels moved into hills near a dam southwest of the city of Marib -- the last major toehold in the north for Yemen's Saudi-backed government -- with the area witnessing "the fiercest battles", according to the source.
A military source said that pro-government forces repelled the Huthi advances and reported heavy fighting that lasted "more than eight hours" in the Ablah region south of Marib city.
There was loss of life on both sides, the military source added.
Earlier this month, the Iran-backed Huthis resumed a push to capture the city of Marib, which lies close to some of Yemen's richest oil fields.
Its capture would be a major prize for the rebels.