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Apr 2, 2015, SPA -- Brig. Gen. Ahmed bin Hasan Asiri, consultant at the minister of defense's office, stressed today that 'Determination Strom' is continuing for the eighth day in a row at all levels to complete the demolition of the Houthi might.

In today's daily briefing, which he held at Riyadh airbase, Asiri confirmed that 'the campaign is continuing as scheduled in a progressive rhythm to ensure that all goals were achieved on time.

He said work has focused during the past 24 hours, firstly on North Yemen as an enemy fire injured a number of border guard and killed one martyr.

Following this incident, the Land Forces aircraft and field artillery responded to the source of fire and destroyed the group which tried to infiltrate. This is followed by an air support operation using air force strikers located near the scene to comb all the area from enemy troops trying to come nearer the border.

He said that, secondly, the air forces and coalition forces continued their operations around Aden, particularly on the roads leading to the city from the directions of Al-Baidha or Al-Dhalea or Shabwa.

We talked over the few past days about operations in Al-Dhalea and Shabwa, he said, adding that today we confirm that the two cities are now under the control of the popular committees and the resistance from the regular Yemeni army.

He said all Houthi retreating troops from the two cities which tried to head for Aden were dealt with. He added that the situation around Aden is stable in the current time.
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Clarifying a media bomb the Houthi militia and the rebellion in the Yemeni army in Yemen tried to explode yesterday by making false coverage to what they claim as successes on the ground, Asiri said what happened is that some small groups in addition to anti-legitimacy insurgent army elements which were trying to attack the headquarters of the president in Aden before the start of the determination storm are still hiding in the city and, yesterday, in particular, they attempted to control some centers in the city through clashes with the popular committees, a move he described as an attempt to create a media crackling rather than a real military success on the ground.

Asiri said the coalition forces are working in collaboration with the popular committees to wipe out those militias, noting that they have fortified themselves in some districts of Aden and were from time to time trying to proceed towards government's buildings inside the city, but so far they could not succeed.

He explained that measures were taken so that the scenarios of yesterday near the border not be repeated despite that the infiltrators are moving as individuals and groups in very tough environment and areas through mountains.
Work is underway to mount greater pressure on them, he said, adding that today, all camps which were subject to our attack earlier were repeatedly attacked to ensure that no new groups have assembled in them again.

Asiri said one facility used to link Al-Shagra with Aden was destroyed to cut off any possible supplies from reaching the Houthi militia currently fortified inside Aden, noting that this should be considered a military target rather than part of the civil infrastructure.

Targeting the buildings in which the Houthi groups or militia were fortifying themselves are also targeted today.
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23:31 LOCAL TIME 20:31 GMT


Asiri pointed out that the Houthi militia is attempting to regroup its forces and capabilities to carry out a sort of counter attack, against the positions they lost, while operations are going on to stop them from exploiting the situation, indicating that a Sam 3 launching pad, at Al-Hodeida, has been targeted.

Another position of air-defense also, a radar based at the Headquarters, a building used by the Houthi militia to carry out their plans on the ground, has been targeted, following verified intelligence information that there are a lot of commanders inside, he reaffirmed.

He noted that these militias, following being exposed to continuous operations and coming under increasingly heavy pressures, have moved in different directions, in various Northern as well as Middle regions, trying to pull with them as much as they could of capabilities, indicating that dealing with such a militia is different from engaging regular armies, with formations and battle frontlines.

Asiri cited what happened today, as the Houthis attacked some prisons to set the prisoners free, a fact that, only, reflects their non-sense practiced by this militia, inside the society and the objectives they aimed to achieve by wreaking havoc in it and escalating the situation against the legitimate Yemeni government, in steering the country's affairs.
This militia adopts a specific ideology and aberrant creed and endeavors to impose it on the whole Yemeni society by force, reaffirming that the goal of the alliance, at the beginning of the operations, he asserted, was to protect the Yemeni people and that the coalition, with the will of Allah, will continue to operate at this tempo, to thwart this militia's goal of imposing chaos and disorder, in the Yemeni society, he added.

Land forces are using helicopters to map out the whole zone adjacent to the border, to ascertain that there are no infiltrating groups, he remarked, confirming that the naval forces continue to impose the blockade on Yemeni ports as well as islands, to hinder smuggling operations from or to Yemeni soils and to deprive the Houthis from the possibility of getting any back-up, whatsoever.
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23:41 LOCAL TIME 20:41 GMT


Answering reporters’ questions, the Coalition Spokesman Brig. Gen. Asiri commented on the situation, in Aden during the last 24 hours, as Houthis managed to enter its downtown, pointing that since the coup that toppled the legitimate government and the beginning of the military warfare, Houthis were controlling most of the Yemeni cities, Aden among, and that they were sending forces, from time to time, into the city, in addition to Yemeni Army soldiers who joined the Houthis as they were positioned, inside the city, even before the start of the warfare.

Coming to the movements inside the city, he said Houthis pockets try to achieve a media showy victory by planting disorderly situation inside in the city and pretending that they are controlling the city, while the fact is that they are not controlling but a swath that is no more than one or two quarters, pointing that the pro-people's committees are trying to stop Houthi movements aiming at capturing official buildings and declaring themselves, triumphant, from there.

The Coalition controls, now, the suburbs of Aden city to prevent these pockets, inside the city, off their supply lines of support or back-up, he asserted, adding that the situation inside the city is, relatively, calm, unless some sporadic skirmishes taking place between the resistance and Houthis.

Coalition forces spare no effort to restore the situation in the city to normalcy, following, finally, doing away with the Houthi militia, he announced.

On the need to deploy land forces or just, only, depend on airstrikes, Asiri pointed out that all probabilities, reiterating that Coalition forces are committed to their previously drawn plans, indicating that these forces are not moving in reaction rather pro-actively, as set by the military plans.

Militias of the Houthis do not move likewise a regular army, as it used to resort to mobilizing small groups, only, while we do not like to engage such battles that may distract us off our military plan, he confirmed, concluding that the plan strictly goes on as, previously, set and drawn.
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23:47 LOCAL TIME 20:47 GMT
 
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Damn thats similar to US bombing Iraq, Israel bombing Palestine..
 

Destruction of Houthi ‘capabilities complete’ | Front Page | Saudi Gazette
April 02, 2015 11:43 PM

Saudi Ambassador to the US, Adel Al-Jubeir, has said the Kingdom does not have “formal” troops on the ground in Aden, but sending them remains a possibility.

“The issue of using ground troops is always something that is on the table,” Al-Jubeir said at an event in Washington. — With input from Agencies

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Cpl. Sulaiman Ali Yahya Al-Malki, who was shot dead by gunfire from across the Yemeni border, in action before becoming a martyr. — Okaz photo

Saudi soldier Sulaiman Ali Yahya Al-Malki was shot dead and 10 more wounded by gunfire from across the Yemeni border. This is the first Saudi casualties since the beginning of “Operation Decisive Storm” against Houthi rebels a week ago.

The Border Guards at a post in the Kingdom’s southwestern Asir region came “under fire from a mountainous interior zone,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement on the official Saudi Press Agency.

Director General of the Border Guard Maj. Gen. Awwad Eid Al-Bluwi conveyed the condolences of Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, second deputy premier and minister of interior, to the family of the martyr Cpl. Al-Malki. Hundreds of people attended the funeral prayer of the martyred corporal who was buried Thursday evening.

In the coastal city of Mukalla farther east, Al-Qaeda militants stormed a Hadramawt provincial prison and freed more than 300 inmates, including one of their leaders, a security official said.

Khalid Batarfi had been held for more than four years, the official told AFP.

Two guards and five inmates were killed in clashes, the official said.
Batarfi is among Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) top regional commanders, known for his leading role in a 2011-12 battle with government troops during which extremists seized large parts of the south and east.
Al-Qaeda militants also clashed Thursday with troops guarding the local administration complex in Mukalla, a branch of the central bank and the police headquarters, the official said.

In the southern province of Dalie, Houthis killed 40 rebel fighters who tried to desert after their commander urged them to lay down their arms because of the intense airstrikes, military sources said.

Diplomats in New York said Gulf countries were locked in tough negotiations with Russia on a UN draft resolution to impose an arms embargo and sanctions on the rebels.

In Saudi Arabia, Interior Minister Prince Muhammad met southern Border Guard late Wednesday. He urged them to “strengthen security measures along the Kingdom’s land and coastal borders and to deal firmly with those seeking to... undermine security,” the official SPA news agency reported. — With input from Agencies
 
Do you have a video or picture to prove that it was not Saudis who massacred those civilians in factory and refugee camp?
Seriously?! Are you countering a request to prove capturing a building by a video or picture with another request in the same way for a claimed Saudi strike on a refugee camp? OMG guys, it's a miracle that I still have a functional brain after all this time debating you.
 
Seriously?! Are you countering a request to prove capturing a building by a video or picture with another request in the same way for a claimed Saudi strike on a refugee camp? OMG guys, it's a miracle that I still have a functional brain after all this time debating you.

Do you know why I brought that example? Because both of them have been mentioned by various news outlets. You blindly support a simple Saudi statement (I call it a lie) that it was not airstrikes but Houthis who actually targeted the factory, but you refuse to accept what has been widely circulated by media.
I don't claim that they have captured presidential palace, but in case you didn't know, unlike Syrian rebels, Houthis barely start bitching on social media about their gains. When they captured Ta'az, Yemen's third largest city, you could barely find photos of Houthis in the city in social media.

So don't expect pictures for every area they capture. We can only verify things hours/days later.
 

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