Hundreds of thousands in Yemen march in support of rebels

 

AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press

 

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis marched on Saturday in support of Shiite Houthi rebels and their ally, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

 

The march in the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, was in support of a new combined governing council the rebels and Saleh announced late last month, but which was immediately rejected by the internationally recognized government and the United Nations. Saleh was forced to step down in 2012 amid Arab Spring protests after more than three decades in power.

 

Yemen's war pits troops and militiamen loyal to the government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, against the Shiite rebels and Saleh loyalists. The Houthis captured Sanaa in 2014, and the U.S.-backed coalition began its offensive against them in March 2015.

 

Later in the day, coalition airstrikes hit the presidential palace in Sanaa and other areas in the city, leaving an unknown number of casualties, security officials said. Saudi Arabia's civil defense directorate said that the Houthis had launched a missile over the border into the Najran region, killing a Saudi and wounding five Yemenis and a Pakistani who were residents there.

 

Peace talks collapsed earlier this month, and the Saudi-led forces resumed heavy airstrikes shortly thereafter.

 

In Oman, one of the locations used for peace talks, Houthi negotiators said that Saudi forces were preventing them from returning to Yemen by blocking international flights to Sanaa's airport.

 

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to brief journalists.

 

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-08-21

Pretty ugly stuff going on in Yemen, however as our staunch allies the Saudis inflicting the death and mayhem, it doesn't get reported much.

Yemen, what a mess.   They exemplify Dune countries:   too many people, not enough resources, and a draconian belief system.

For as long as I can remember, every day brings news (what's "new" about it?) of muslims killing somebody. Usually it's whoever is closest to them, which is one excellent reason to tell them to stay in their own countries, despite their whines about poverty, hardship and danger.

On the good news days, they're killing each other.

Edited August 21, 20169 yr by halloween

3 hours ago, halloween said:

For as long as I can remember, every day brings news (what's "new" about it?) of muslims killing somebody. Usually it's whoever is closest to them, which is one excellent reason to tell them to stay in their own countries, despite their whines about poverty, hardship and danger.

On the good news days, they're killing each other.

More importantly the West should stay out of that region all together. Let them focus their hate on each other.