By Nasser Arrabyee/16/11/2009
Three Al Houthi rebels were arrested in Alab crossing far north of Sa'ada where they were trying to infiltrate to Saudi territories for fighting, said the ministry of defense Monday.
In an official statement, the ministry identified the three rebels as Faisal Yahay Ali Amran, Ibrahim Hassan Abdullah Al Najm and Mahmoud Mohammed Jalham. Investigations with them started immediately before referring them to the prosecution for trials, the statement said.
The military statement said that the troops destroyed the rebels' hideouts in the hills of Anan, Mahjar Ghazi, Hatman in Ghraz east of Sa'ada. These places were cleaned from rebels and mines were removed from the positions and the sub roads, the statement said.
Meanwhile, in the framework of tightening the blockade on the rebels, more than 20 pharmacies suspected of providing Al Houthi rebels with drugs and activators were closed down in the neighboring province of Al Jawf during this week.
Hasan Abu Hardra, director of health in Al Jawf, said Monday that they transfer all medicines from the capital Sana'a to Al Jawf according a new mechanism to prevent any medicines from reaching the rebels in Sa'ada.
From their side, the Al Houthi rebels said they are continuing artillery bombardments on the Saudi positions south of the Kingdom.
"With the help of Allah, we pounded the Saudi position of Aen AlHara and the fires could be seen inside the position. That was to defend the civilians who were targeted in Al Malahaid, Shada and Haidan," said the rebels in a statement sent through emails.
"The Saudi regime should reconsider the military operations being launched against the Yemeni people that refuse injustice and aggression," the statement said.
After Al Houthi bombardment on the Saudi positions, the Saudi air strikes and artillery bombardments intensified Sunday and continued Monday on the rebels' positions.
The Al Houthi spokesman, Mohammed Abul Salam and three of his assistants were killed in air strikes on the media centre in Al Kala'a in Razeh, according to the Saudi press reports of Sunday.
A total of 20 Al Houthi rebels were arrested and 11 others surrendered on Sunday while on their way walking to the Saudi territories, according to Saudi sources.
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Rebels' workshop for making mines raided
By Nasser Arrabyee/15/11/2009
The army raided a workshop used by Al Houthi rebels for manufacturing mines and explosives in Harf Sufyan south of Sa'ada, the defense ministry said Sunday.
The ministry said in a statement all roads to and from the neighboring Al Jawf province were blocked by the army to prevent any supply to Al Houthi rebels in the remaining strongholds in Sa'ada.
The army continues tightening the noose on the rebels by imposing a blockade on them from all directions and focusing air strikes and artillery bombardments on their hideouts and movements of supply.
The Saudi naval forces impose blockade on the rebels along the coast Midi harbour on the red sea, from the western direction, to prevent any possible supply.
A car laden with weapons and ammunitions and some rebels was destroyed in a sub-road in the mountainous area of Harf Sufyan where the army makes progress, said the statement.
Meanwhile, an official source from Sa'ada said that the authorities there warned the citizens from forged currency in US dollars and Saudi used by Al Houthi rebels in Sa'da.
The source said that the forged money is used by people loyal to Al Houthi for buying ammunition and weapons and some supply materials.
For their part, Al Houthi rebels said in a statement that Saudi air strikes and artillery bombardments continued on their positions on Al Malahaid, Shada and Al Husama.
The army raided a workshop used by Al Houthi rebels for manufacturing mines and explosives in Harf Sufyan south of Sa'ada, the defense ministry said Sunday.
The ministry said in a statement all roads to and from the neighboring Al Jawf province were blocked by the army to prevent any supply to Al Houthi rebels in the remaining strongholds in Sa'ada.
The army continues tightening the noose on the rebels by imposing a blockade on them from all directions and focusing air strikes and artillery bombardments on their hideouts and movements of supply.
The Saudi naval forces impose blockade on the rebels along the coast Midi harbour on the red sea, from the western direction, to prevent any possible supply.
A car laden with weapons and ammunitions and some rebels was destroyed in a sub-road in the mountainous area of Harf Sufyan where the army makes progress, said the statement.
Meanwhile, an official source from Sa'ada said that the authorities there warned the citizens from forged currency in US dollars and Saudi used by Al Houthi rebels in Sa'da.
The source said that the forged money is used by people loyal to Al Houthi for buying ammunition and weapons and some supply materials.
For their part, Al Houthi rebels said in a statement that Saudi air strikes and artillery bombardments continued on their positions on Al Malahaid, Shada and Al Husama.
Friday, 13 November 2009
23 Al Houthi rebels killed
By Nasser Arrabyee
Some 23 Al Houthi rebels were killed in Harf Sufyan, said ministry of defense in a statement Friday.
The statement said terrorists Ahmed Hatem and Abdullah Mohammed Al-Radha’i were arrested while trying to search out some military sites in Al Manazela.
The troops are still tracing terrorist Yousif Al Madani who escaped to Al-Adi Area after they received attacks by the troops in Harf Sufyan.
During the last two days, the troops controlled Muthalath Barat and some roads leading to Barat and Al Jawf Province through which the rebels receive their supply materials.
The statatment added that the troops had destroyed about 10 hideouts in Al Malaheidh and Harf Sufyan.
Meanwhile, a total of 39 Somali refugees were arrested in Khob district in Al Jawf Province, said the Ministry of Interior in a statement Friday.
The investigations started to make sure if they were in their way to support the rebel or they were trying to infiltrate to Saudi Arabia, the statement said.
Some 23 Al Houthi rebels were killed in Harf Sufyan, said ministry of defense in a statement Friday.
The statement said terrorists Ahmed Hatem and Abdullah Mohammed Al-Radha’i were arrested while trying to search out some military sites in Al Manazela.
The troops are still tracing terrorist Yousif Al Madani who escaped to Al-Adi Area after they received attacks by the troops in Harf Sufyan.
During the last two days, the troops controlled Muthalath Barat and some roads leading to Barat and Al Jawf Province through which the rebels receive their supply materials.
The statatment added that the troops had destroyed about 10 hideouts in Al Malaheidh and Harf Sufyan.
Meanwhile, a total of 39 Somali refugees were arrested in Khob district in Al Jawf Province, said the Ministry of Interior in a statement Friday.
The investigations started to make sure if they were in their way to support the rebel or they were trying to infiltrate to Saudi Arabia, the statement said.
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
More then 14 Al Houthi rebels killed
By Nasser Arrabyee/11/11/2009
At least 14 Al Houthi rebels were killed and dozens of others injured in different places in Sa'ada, said the Ministry of Defense Wednesday.
Four rebels were killed around Sa'ada city and the other 10 were killed in Kataber in clashes with tribesmen loyal the government, the ministry said in statement.
The statement identified those killed around the city of Sa'ada as the terrorists Abdul Azeez Hajar, Mohammed Ali Mohya, Hussein Al Daye and AJmil Mohsen Al Tumani.
Of those were killed in Qataber, the statement identified three as the terrorists Abdul Rahman Al Hakem, Hussein Abdul Kareem and Ahmed Ismail Al Dhahyani.
More than 20 rebels were killed or injured including the terrorist Ahmed Saleh Dughsan in an attack implemented by the troops in Al Amar near Sa'ada city, the statement said. Three cars laden with weapons and supply materials were destroyed in Sabhala and Al Safra areas east of Sa'ada city.
Meanwhile, the ministry of interior said Wednesday that the Iranian suspected ship which was seized in Midi harbour on October 26th, was drawn to the harbour of Al Salif. The interior ministry also said that it deployed coast guards in the coasts of Midi and its surroundings to prevent any Al Houthi rebels from escaping to outside Yemen.
The rebel leader Abdul Malik Al Houthi, on his part, denied any coordination between his rebellious movement and Al Qaeda.
"It is not right that there is coordination between us and Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is a tool in the hand of the American intelligence and also in hand of the intelligence of some Arab regimes loyal America," said the rebel leader in a statement sent through emails.
Al Qaeda on its part, blasted Iran, and the Shiite all over the world particularly in Bahrain and Kuwait, and also Al Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia regime, describing them all as enemies.
"Your first enemy is the Crusades from America and Nato alliance and the second enemy is Al Rafeda (Shiites) who are more dangerous to Islam than the Jews and Christians," said an internet statement attributed to Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al Rashid who is believed to be one of the leaders of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
The spokesman of the Yemeni army Askar Zuael said ," We are not fighting against Al Houthis because they are Shiite, but are fighting them because they broke the constitution and law, so the issue is political not sectarian."
At least 14 Al Houthi rebels were killed and dozens of others injured in different places in Sa'ada, said the Ministry of Defense Wednesday.
Four rebels were killed around Sa'ada city and the other 10 were killed in Kataber in clashes with tribesmen loyal the government, the ministry said in statement.
The statement identified those killed around the city of Sa'ada as the terrorists Abdul Azeez Hajar, Mohammed Ali Mohya, Hussein Al Daye and AJmil Mohsen Al Tumani.
Of those were killed in Qataber, the statement identified three as the terrorists Abdul Rahman Al Hakem, Hussein Abdul Kareem and Ahmed Ismail Al Dhahyani.
More than 20 rebels were killed or injured including the terrorist Ahmed Saleh Dughsan in an attack implemented by the troops in Al Amar near Sa'ada city, the statement said. Three cars laden with weapons and supply materials were destroyed in Sabhala and Al Safra areas east of Sa'ada city.
Meanwhile, the ministry of interior said Wednesday that the Iranian suspected ship which was seized in Midi harbour on October 26th, was drawn to the harbour of Al Salif. The interior ministry also said that it deployed coast guards in the coasts of Midi and its surroundings to prevent any Al Houthi rebels from escaping to outside Yemen.
The rebel leader Abdul Malik Al Houthi, on his part, denied any coordination between his rebellious movement and Al Qaeda.
"It is not right that there is coordination between us and Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is a tool in the hand of the American intelligence and also in hand of the intelligence of some Arab regimes loyal America," said the rebel leader in a statement sent through emails.
Al Qaeda on its part, blasted Iran, and the Shiite all over the world particularly in Bahrain and Kuwait, and also Al Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia regime, describing them all as enemies.
"Your first enemy is the Crusades from America and Nato alliance and the second enemy is Al Rafeda (Shiites) who are more dangerous to Islam than the Jews and Christians," said an internet statement attributed to Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al Rashid who is believed to be one of the leaders of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
The spokesman of the Yemeni army Askar Zuael said ," We are not fighting against Al Houthis because they are Shiite, but are fighting them because they broke the constitution and law, so the issue is political not sectarian."
Iran and Saudi Arabia conflict over Yemen, amid fears of regional war
By Nasser Arrabyee/10/11/2009
The five-year old sporadic war between the Al Houthi Shiite rebels and the Yemeni government has entered a new stage with the neighboring Saudi Arabia direct involvement in this war against the rebels.
The Saudi Arabia says it will continue the war with the legitimate Yemeni government to finish off Al Houthi rebels who attacked and occupied Saudi territories on November 5th.
"We are not going to stop the bombing until the rebels retreat tens of kilometres inside border," Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khaled Bin Sultan said told reporters Tuesday.
The Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki warned Tuesday Saudi Arabia from bad consequences if it continues war against Al Houthi rebels.
"We strongly warn the regional countries to be careful, to be vigilant," he told reporters.
"Monetary aid, providing arms to extremist and terrorist groups or actually taking action against them and crushing those groups or the people and embarking on military operations - these all will have negative consequences."
"Those people should be assured that the smoke and the fire they have ignited will entangle them themselves," he added in obvious reference to Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi forces killed and injured dozens of the rebels and arrested more than 250 of them in the fiercest battles the rebels have ever seen since the beginning of the current round of war in August 10th, 2009.
Despite the fact that Saudi forces drove back the rebels and regained its seized territories in four days especially from the strategic 2000 meters high Jabal Al Dukahn Jaizan area south of the Kingdom, the Saudi military officials say need longer time to comb the border areas and cleanse them from the rebels.
On November 5th, Al Houthi rebels attacked and occupied the Saudi Jabal Al Dukhan in Jaizan area killing one soldier and injuring 11 others.
About 40 Al Houthi rebels were arrested while infiltrating into the Saudi territories in women's clothes and some of them were members of Al Qaeda, which tries to use Yemen as launch pad to attack the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials said at the end of their liberation operations, only three soldiers were killed and 15 others injured in addition to four women from one family were killed when rebels pounded their houses in Jaizan area. The Saudi officials said four soldiers went missing. Al Houthi rebels, who claim they are still controlling the Saudi territories, said they arrested a number of Saudi soldiers.
"We are waiting for the ground attack from the Saudis and we will confront them with a guerilla war," said Al Houthi rebels in a statement sent to media through emails Monday 10th. Al Houthi rebels are estimated at 10,000 fighters.
About 50,000 Saudi people from about 240 villages in the border areas were evacuated to safer places inside the Kingdom, before the Saudis launched their air strikes and artillery bombardments on Al Houthi rebels.
Meanwhile, the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh confirmed the war will never stop except by crushing the "group of the traitors and agents" referring to Al Houthi rebels. Saleh said on Saturday November 8th, the real war started only two days ago, and his army was only training during the past 90 days of war with the rebels.
The Yemeni government accuses Shiite scholars in Iran, Kuwait and Bahrain, of supporting Al Houthi rebels. The Yemeni officials are investigating now with five Iranians sailors who were arrested late last October on board of an Iranian ship laden with weapons including anti-armour missiles, in the western Yemeni harbour of Midi which is only few kilo metres from Al Malahaid in far west of Sa'ada where the rebels fight against the two armies of Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
"The Iranian crew of the ship destroyed the SIMs of the mobiles and all documents in their lab tops and some of the ship's devices so that nobody can understand where the ship came from and where it was going," The state-run media quoted an unidentified investigator say saying this week. The Iranian embassy denied at the time the ship was carrying any weapons.
On Tuesday November 10th, the Saudi naval forces imposed a blockade on the Red Sea coast of the to tighten the noose on the rebels and prevent any possible support to them. The Saudi officials said they ordered their warships to search any suspected ships sailing near the harbour of Midi.
According to military sources, the Yemeni army is preparing for decisive battles with the rebels who seemed to be exhausted from the tight blockade and cut of the supplies from all directions. The Saudi Arabia publicly says it will stand with the legitimate state against the rebels. On Tuesday November10th, the army said in a statement it controlled the most important roads through which the rebels receive their supply materials. A total of seven cars laden with supply material were destroyed in these roads.
Amid these developments, there are internal and external fears that the current war may turn to a regional one.
Ali Saif Hassan, chairman of the political development forum, a local NGO, said Al Houthi rebels created new justifications for more regional interventions by their attacking on territories of Saudi Arabia.
"Although Al Houthi rebels action was political and media more than a military action, but it has created new justifications for regional interventions," Hassan said.
"Before Al Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, the calls for stopping the war were based on humanitarian and moral factors, but now the calls will be based on the regional and international interests."
Despite the Saudi official say, they finished military operations after regaining their seized lands on November 8th, Al Houthi rebels said Tuesday Novmber10th, Saudi air strikes continued using phosphoric bombs on his strongholds inside the Yemeni territories .
Al Houthi said Tuesday in a statement sent through emails that the Saudi air strikes targeted government buildings in Shada area west of Sa'ada killing two women and a child.
On his part, the Saudi scholar Shiekh Abdul Azeez Al Shiekh, the Mufti of the Kingdom, said in press statements that fighting Al Houthi rebels is a must and those soldiers, whither Yemeni or Saudis, who fight them are Mujahideen.
"Al Houthis are making an additional mistake to their big mistakes, by trying to impose their corrupt faith on the whole Muslim society," Al Sheikh was quoted by Saudi media as saying.
The five-year old sporadic war between the Al Houthi Shiite rebels and the Yemeni government has entered a new stage with the neighboring Saudi Arabia direct involvement in this war against the rebels.
The Saudi Arabia says it will continue the war with the legitimate Yemeni government to finish off Al Houthi rebels who attacked and occupied Saudi territories on November 5th.
"We are not going to stop the bombing until the rebels retreat tens of kilometres inside border," Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khaled Bin Sultan said told reporters Tuesday.
The Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki warned Tuesday Saudi Arabia from bad consequences if it continues war against Al Houthi rebels.
"We strongly warn the regional countries to be careful, to be vigilant," he told reporters.
"Monetary aid, providing arms to extremist and terrorist groups or actually taking action against them and crushing those groups or the people and embarking on military operations - these all will have negative consequences."
"Those people should be assured that the smoke and the fire they have ignited will entangle them themselves," he added in obvious reference to Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi forces killed and injured dozens of the rebels and arrested more than 250 of them in the fiercest battles the rebels have ever seen since the beginning of the current round of war in August 10th, 2009.
Despite the fact that Saudi forces drove back the rebels and regained its seized territories in four days especially from the strategic 2000 meters high Jabal Al Dukahn Jaizan area south of the Kingdom, the Saudi military officials say need longer time to comb the border areas and cleanse them from the rebels.
On November 5th, Al Houthi rebels attacked and occupied the Saudi Jabal Al Dukhan in Jaizan area killing one soldier and injuring 11 others.
About 40 Al Houthi rebels were arrested while infiltrating into the Saudi territories in women's clothes and some of them were members of Al Qaeda, which tries to use Yemen as launch pad to attack the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials said at the end of their liberation operations, only three soldiers were killed and 15 others injured in addition to four women from one family were killed when rebels pounded their houses in Jaizan area. The Saudi officials said four soldiers went missing. Al Houthi rebels, who claim they are still controlling the Saudi territories, said they arrested a number of Saudi soldiers.
"We are waiting for the ground attack from the Saudis and we will confront them with a guerilla war," said Al Houthi rebels in a statement sent to media through emails Monday 10th. Al Houthi rebels are estimated at 10,000 fighters.
About 50,000 Saudi people from about 240 villages in the border areas were evacuated to safer places inside the Kingdom, before the Saudis launched their air strikes and artillery bombardments on Al Houthi rebels.
Meanwhile, the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh confirmed the war will never stop except by crushing the "group of the traitors and agents" referring to Al Houthi rebels. Saleh said on Saturday November 8th, the real war started only two days ago, and his army was only training during the past 90 days of war with the rebels.
The Yemeni government accuses Shiite scholars in Iran, Kuwait and Bahrain, of supporting Al Houthi rebels. The Yemeni officials are investigating now with five Iranians sailors who were arrested late last October on board of an Iranian ship laden with weapons including anti-armour missiles, in the western Yemeni harbour of Midi which is only few kilo metres from Al Malahaid in far west of Sa'ada where the rebels fight against the two armies of Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
"The Iranian crew of the ship destroyed the SIMs of the mobiles and all documents in their lab tops and some of the ship's devices so that nobody can understand where the ship came from and where it was going," The state-run media quoted an unidentified investigator say saying this week. The Iranian embassy denied at the time the ship was carrying any weapons.
On Tuesday November 10th, the Saudi naval forces imposed a blockade on the Red Sea coast of the to tighten the noose on the rebels and prevent any possible support to them. The Saudi officials said they ordered their warships to search any suspected ships sailing near the harbour of Midi.
According to military sources, the Yemeni army is preparing for decisive battles with the rebels who seemed to be exhausted from the tight blockade and cut of the supplies from all directions. The Saudi Arabia publicly says it will stand with the legitimate state against the rebels. On Tuesday November10th, the army said in a statement it controlled the most important roads through which the rebels receive their supply materials. A total of seven cars laden with supply material were destroyed in these roads.
Amid these developments, there are internal and external fears that the current war may turn to a regional one.
Ali Saif Hassan, chairman of the political development forum, a local NGO, said Al Houthi rebels created new justifications for more regional interventions by their attacking on territories of Saudi Arabia.
"Although Al Houthi rebels action was political and media more than a military action, but it has created new justifications for regional interventions," Hassan said.
"Before Al Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, the calls for stopping the war were based on humanitarian and moral factors, but now the calls will be based on the regional and international interests."
Despite the Saudi official say, they finished military operations after regaining their seized lands on November 8th, Al Houthi rebels said Tuesday Novmber10th, Saudi air strikes continued using phosphoric bombs on his strongholds inside the Yemeni territories .
Al Houthi said Tuesday in a statement sent through emails that the Saudi air strikes targeted government buildings in Shada area west of Sa'ada killing two women and a child.
On his part, the Saudi scholar Shiekh Abdul Azeez Al Shiekh, the Mufti of the Kingdom, said in press statements that fighting Al Houthi rebels is a must and those soldiers, whither Yemeni or Saudis, who fight them are Mujahideen.
"Al Houthis are making an additional mistake to their big mistakes, by trying to impose their corrupt faith on the whole Muslim society," Al Sheikh was quoted by Saudi media as saying.
Monday, 9 November 2009
Fears of regional war in Yemen
By Nasser Arrabyee/10/11/2009
The five-year old sporadic war between the Al Houthi Shiite rebels and the Yemeni government has entered a new stage with the neighboring Saudi Arabia direct involvement in this war against the rebels.
The Saudi Arabia says it will continue the war with the legitimate Yemeni government to finish off Al Houthi rebels who attacked and occupied Saudi territories on November 5th.
The Saudi forces killed and injured dozens of the rebels and arrested more than 250 of them in the fiercest battles the rebels have ever seen since the beginning of the current round of war in August 10th, 2009.
Despite the fact that Saudi forces drove back the rebels and regained its seized territories in four days especially from the strategic 2000 meters high Jabal Al Dukahn Jaizan area south of the Kingdom, the Saudi military officials say need longer time to comb the border areas and cleanse them from the rebels.
On November 5th, Al Houthi rebels attacked and occupied the Saudi Jabal Al Dukhan in Jaizan area killing one soldier and injuring 11 others.
About 40 Al Houthi rebels were arrested while infiltrating into the Saudi territories in women's clothes and some of them were members of Al Qaeda, which tries to use Yemen as launch pad to attack the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials said at the end of their liberation operations, only three soldiers were killed and 15 others injured in addition to four women from one family were killed when rebels pounded their houses in Jaizan area. The Saudi officials said four soldiers went missing. Al Houthi rebels, who claim they are still controlling the Saudi territories, said they arrested a number of Saudi soldiers.
"We are waiting for the ground attack from the Saudis and we will confront them with a guerilla war," said Al Houthi rebels in a statement sent to media through emails Monday 10th. Al Houthi rebels are estimated at 10,000 fighters.
About 50,000 Saudi people from about 240 villages in the border areas were evacuated to safer places inside the Kingdom, before the Saudis launched their air strikes and artillery bombardments on Al Houthi rebels.
Meanwhile, the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh confirmed the war will never stop except by crushing the "group of the traitors and agents" referring to Al Houthi rebels. Saleh said on Saturday November 8th, the real war started only two days ago, and his army was only training during the past 90 days of war with the rebels.
The Yemeni government accuses Shiite scholars in Iran, Kuwait and Bahrain, of supporting Al Houthi rebels. The Yemeni officials are investigating now with five Iranians sailors who were arrested late last October on board of an Iranian ship laden with weapons including anti-armour missiles, in the western Yemeni harbour of Midi which is only few kilo metres from Al Malahaid in far west of Sa'ada where the rebels fight against the two armies of Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
"The Iranian crew of the ship destroyed the SIMs of the mobiles and all documents in their lab tops and some of the ship's devices so that nobody can understand where the ship came from and where it was going," The state-run media quoted an unidentified investigator say saying this week.
According to military sources, the Yemeni army is preparing for decisive battles with the rebels who seemed to be exhausted from the tight blockade and cut of the supplies from all directions. The Saudi Arabia publicly says it will stand with the legitimate state against the rebels. On Tuesday November10th, the army said in a statement it controlled the most important roads through which the rebels receive their supply materials. A total of seven cars laden with supply material were destroyed in these roads.
Amid these developments, there are internal and external fears that the current war may turn to a regional one.
Ali Saif Hassan, chairman of the political development forum, a local NGO, said Al Houthi rebels created new justifications for more regional interventions by their attacking on territories of Saudi Arabia.
"Although Al Houthi rebels action was political and media more than a military action, but it has created new justifications for regional interventions," Hassan said.
"Before Al Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, the calls for stopping the war were based on humanitarian and moral factors, but now the calls will be based on the regional and international interests."
Despite the Saudi official say, they finished military operations after regaining their seized lands on November 8th, Al Houthi rebels said Tuesday Novmber10th, Saudi air strikes continued using phosphoric bombs on his strongholds inside the Yemeni territories .
On his part, the Saudi scholar Shiekh Abdul Azeez Al Shiekh, the Mufti of the Kingdom, said in press statements that fighting Al Houthi rebels is a must and those soldiers, whither Yemeni or Saudis, who fight them are Mujahideen.
"Al Houthis are making an additional mistake to their big mistakes, by trying to impose their corrupt faith on the whole Muslim society," Al Sheikh was quoted by Saudi media as saying.
The five-year old sporadic war between the Al Houthi Shiite rebels and the Yemeni government has entered a new stage with the neighboring Saudi Arabia direct involvement in this war against the rebels.
The Saudi Arabia says it will continue the war with the legitimate Yemeni government to finish off Al Houthi rebels who attacked and occupied Saudi territories on November 5th.
The Saudi forces killed and injured dozens of the rebels and arrested more than 250 of them in the fiercest battles the rebels have ever seen since the beginning of the current round of war in August 10th, 2009.
Despite the fact that Saudi forces drove back the rebels and regained its seized territories in four days especially from the strategic 2000 meters high Jabal Al Dukahn Jaizan area south of the Kingdom, the Saudi military officials say need longer time to comb the border areas and cleanse them from the rebels.
On November 5th, Al Houthi rebels attacked and occupied the Saudi Jabal Al Dukhan in Jaizan area killing one soldier and injuring 11 others.
About 40 Al Houthi rebels were arrested while infiltrating into the Saudi territories in women's clothes and some of them were members of Al Qaeda, which tries to use Yemen as launch pad to attack the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials said at the end of their liberation operations, only three soldiers were killed and 15 others injured in addition to four women from one family were killed when rebels pounded their houses in Jaizan area. The Saudi officials said four soldiers went missing. Al Houthi rebels, who claim they are still controlling the Saudi territories, said they arrested a number of Saudi soldiers.
"We are waiting for the ground attack from the Saudis and we will confront them with a guerilla war," said Al Houthi rebels in a statement sent to media through emails Monday 10th. Al Houthi rebels are estimated at 10,000 fighters.
About 50,000 Saudi people from about 240 villages in the border areas were evacuated to safer places inside the Kingdom, before the Saudis launched their air strikes and artillery bombardments on Al Houthi rebels.
Meanwhile, the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh confirmed the war will never stop except by crushing the "group of the traitors and agents" referring to Al Houthi rebels. Saleh said on Saturday November 8th, the real war started only two days ago, and his army was only training during the past 90 days of war with the rebels.
The Yemeni government accuses Shiite scholars in Iran, Kuwait and Bahrain, of supporting Al Houthi rebels. The Yemeni officials are investigating now with five Iranians sailors who were arrested late last October on board of an Iranian ship laden with weapons including anti-armour missiles, in the western Yemeni harbour of Midi which is only few kilo metres from Al Malahaid in far west of Sa'ada where the rebels fight against the two armies of Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
"The Iranian crew of the ship destroyed the SIMs of the mobiles and all documents in their lab tops and some of the ship's devices so that nobody can understand where the ship came from and where it was going," The state-run media quoted an unidentified investigator say saying this week.
According to military sources, the Yemeni army is preparing for decisive battles with the rebels who seemed to be exhausted from the tight blockade and cut of the supplies from all directions. The Saudi Arabia publicly says it will stand with the legitimate state against the rebels. On Tuesday November10th, the army said in a statement it controlled the most important roads through which the rebels receive their supply materials. A total of seven cars laden with supply material were destroyed in these roads.
Amid these developments, there are internal and external fears that the current war may turn to a regional one.
Ali Saif Hassan, chairman of the political development forum, a local NGO, said Al Houthi rebels created new justifications for more regional interventions by their attacking on territories of Saudi Arabia.
"Although Al Houthi rebels action was political and media more than a military action, but it has created new justifications for regional interventions," Hassan said.
"Before Al Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, the calls for stopping the war were based on humanitarian and moral factors, but now the calls will be based on the regional and international interests."
Despite the Saudi official say, they finished military operations after regaining their seized lands on November 8th, Al Houthi rebels said Tuesday Novmber10th, Saudi air strikes continued using phosphoric bombs on his strongholds inside the Yemeni territories .
On his part, the Saudi scholar Shiekh Abdul Azeez Al Shiekh, the Mufti of the Kingdom, said in press statements that fighting Al Houthi rebels is a must and those soldiers, whither Yemeni or Saudis, who fight them are Mujahideen.
"Al Houthis are making an additional mistake to their big mistakes, by trying to impose their corrupt faith on the whole Muslim society," Al Sheikh was quoted by Saudi media as saying.
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Third Yemeni fighter jet drops in the war on Al Houthi rebels
By Nasser Arrabyee/08/11/2009
A Yemeni military fighter jet dropped over the area of fighting between Al Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government troops in Al Malahaid west of Sa'ada, eyewitnesses and officials said Sunday.
The military fighter was seen dropping over the area between Shada and Al Dhaher in the far north west of Yemen where Al Houthi rebels are facing air strikes and artillery bombardments from both forces of Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the eyewitnesses said.
The pilot was seen jumping with his parachute over the area of Batha'a village in Razeh where landed unharmed.
Yemeni military officials confirmed the drop of the fighter because of a technical mistake. This fighter is the third to drop since the beginning of this war in August 10th . Two fighters dropped last October due to technical faults according to the military officials.
Meanwhile, the Saudi Arabia Sunday it regained the areas seized by Al Houthi rebels last week and that closed all possible entrances that may be used by the rebels to infiltrate into the territories of the Kingdom.
"Now the situation is calm and all the areas which were seized by the rebels were regained especially Al Dukhan Mountain," said Prince Khaled Bin Sultan advisor of the defense ministry.
He said three Saudi soldiers were killed, and 15 injured and five went missing in the 4-day battles, which drove back the Al Houthi rebels who attacked and occupied Saudi posts.
Saudi medical sources said at least 10 Saudi soldiers were killed and about 126 were injured in those battles.
The Saudi sources said they arrested more than 155 Al Houthiu rebels including 40 who were disguised in women's clothes.
Al Houthi rebels they arrested unspecified number of Saudi soldiers.
A Yemeni military fighter jet dropped over the area of fighting between Al Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government troops in Al Malahaid west of Sa'ada, eyewitnesses and officials said Sunday.
The military fighter was seen dropping over the area between Shada and Al Dhaher in the far north west of Yemen where Al Houthi rebels are facing air strikes and artillery bombardments from both forces of Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the eyewitnesses said.
The pilot was seen jumping with his parachute over the area of Batha'a village in Razeh where landed unharmed.
Yemeni military officials confirmed the drop of the fighter because of a technical mistake. This fighter is the third to drop since the beginning of this war in August 10th . Two fighters dropped last October due to technical faults according to the military officials.
Meanwhile, the Saudi Arabia Sunday it regained the areas seized by Al Houthi rebels last week and that closed all possible entrances that may be used by the rebels to infiltrate into the territories of the Kingdom.
"Now the situation is calm and all the areas which were seized by the rebels were regained especially Al Dukhan Mountain," said Prince Khaled Bin Sultan advisor of the defense ministry.
He said three Saudi soldiers were killed, and 15 injured and five went missing in the 4-day battles, which drove back the Al Houthi rebels who attacked and occupied Saudi posts.
Saudi medical sources said at least 10 Saudi soldiers were killed and about 126 were injured in those battles.
The Saudi sources said they arrested more than 155 Al Houthiu rebels including 40 who were disguised in women's clothes.
Al Houthi rebels they arrested unspecified number of Saudi soldiers.
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