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Saudi-Backed Coalition Sends Three More Brigades to Confront STC in Aden
2023-03-15
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Forces loyal to Saudi 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. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
arrived at the Saudi-led coalition forces headquarters in al-Buraiqa district, in the city of Aden, southern 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...
, on Monday.

Local sources explained that Saudi Arabia is in the process of bringing in three brigades of Death Eater Salafist elements, the so-called "Dera al-Watan" forces, to Aden in the coming days, noting that these forces were trained in the areas of "Khoura Omira" and "Ras al-Ara" near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, west of restive Lahj
... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement
province.

"The command of the Saudi forces has brought the Special Tasks Battalion from Dera al-Watan to Aden," the sources said, adding that the battalion’s tasks are to protect the headquarters of the Dera al-Watan forces command in al-Sha’b area.

The command of the Saudi forces will distribute those forces to the various areas of Aden city to secure it.

Rashad al-Alimi, the president of the Riyadh-formed "Presidential Council", issued a decision at the end of January to form the so-called "Dera al-Watan" forces associated with Saudi Arabia, with the goal of securing his presence in Aden in the face of threats from the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council militia

Posted by:Fred

#3   I thought the Saudis and UAE were on the same side in Yemen, and the Iranians were on the other. Has this changed?

Well, I thought there was a big China-brokered peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran that's supposed to go into effect. Reestablished diplomatic relations and everything.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2023-03-15 14:47  

#2  "It's complicated!"
Posted by: SteveS   2023-03-15 12:49  

#1  I thought the Saudis and UAE were on the same side in Yemen, and the Iranians were on the other. Has this changed?

Posted by: Daffy Glolugum2832   2023-03-15 12:43  

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