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Yemeni forces secure key Al Qaeda stronghold
Al Faisal Operation was successful in limiting Al Qaeda's presence in Yemen on Sunday as the army continues its campaign against key outposts

Ali Mahmood
February 19, 2018
Updated: February 19, 2018 02:21 PM

Dozens of Al Qaeda members were killed and many more captured in Yemen as the army looks to expel the terrorists from key outposts in the Hadramawt province.

This comes as part of a Saudi-led coalition campaign — which includes the UAE — looking to drive terrorists from eastern Yemen and areas considered Al Qaeda strongholds.

Gen Faraj Al Bahsani, the commander in charge of the campaign in Mukalla, announced on Sunday the Al Faisal Operation has been successful in driving out the militants from the province.

The operation, which was launched last Friday by special forces trained by the UAE, was successful in securing the key province, which shares an almost 600 kilometre border with Saudi Arabia and is home to several key coastal cities to the south.

Two soldiers were killed on Saturday in the offensive, which targets the Wadi Al Masini and Wadi Al Amad — both in the vast province of Hadramawt and home to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The two valleys are critical to control over Yemen's southern coastline.

Read more: Arab coalition launches offensive to drive out Al Qaeda in Yemen

Col Saddam Abu Saleh, one of the operation commanders, told The National the army stormed the main Al Qaeda stronghold in the valleys through air strikes and a ground offensive.

"We still must deal with the western corridor in the area where the terrorists deployed a number of explosive cars and planted thousands of landmines to hinder our progress,” he said.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula largely withdrew from Mukalla in Hadramawt in 2016 when government and Emirati soldiers seized the city that had been used by the extremists to amass a fortune amid the chaos of civil war.

"Dozens of the terrorists were killed and dozens other arrested by our forces. Among those were Ethiopians and Yemenis who used to be soldiers in the Yemeni army as indicated by the identification we found on them," said Colonel Sadam.

AQAP militants were highly equipped with heavy weaponry such as anti-tank guided missiles and mortars, said Colonel Khaled Al Zubaidi, another commander involved in the operation.

Colonel Khaled Al Zubaidi told The National the coalition was able to target "enormous ammunition storehouses which were destroyed by the Arab Coalition jets air strikes".

Sky News Arabia said the coalition along with Yemeni forces killed 38 Al Qaeda members.

More than 9,200 people have been killed in the Yemen war since 2015, when the Saudi-led coalition joined the government's fight against Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

The United States, the only force known to operate armed drones over Yemen, has ramped up a long-running campaign against AQAP since President Donald Trump took office in 2017.

Mukalla was the most populated Yemeni city under direct Al Qaeda control from 2015 to 2016, when the army and its regional military allies seized control of the port city.

https://www.thenational.ae/world/me...-1.705937?mc_cid=4dc107f22f&mc_eid=fb1f092842
 

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Houthis are dead and Iran abandoned them @HRK A lesson to be learnt.
 

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Houthis are dead and Iran abandoned them @HRK A lesson to be learnt.
I know .... and I am sure you also know KSA was in contact with him through back channel for political resolution of the Yemen crises so it a lost of contact at minimum for KSA
 

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I know .... and I am sure you also know KSA was in contact with him through back channel for political resolution of the Yemen crises so it a lost of contact at minimum for KSA
"Him" = who?
 

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with President Saleh of course, here there were news that KSA were near success in dialogue with him and before his killing his ceasefire appeal was supposedly the result of that backdoor negotiations

Not "near success", but "had success," that is why the Houthis murdered him. President Saleh's loss actually eroded Houthi support. The Houthis/ Iran miscalculated, and are now paying for it. Pls go through this thread when you can.
 

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46 Iranian-backed Houthi militants killed in Yemen's Red Sea coast front
Sat 17:35 PM
24-02-2018

HEIS, 24th February, 2018 (WAM) -- Some 46 Houthi militants were killed in air strikes launched by the Saudi-led Arab Coalition, with the support of the UAE Armed Forces, in the areas north of Heis, as well as the road leading to Al Jarahi, Yemeni military sources said on Saturday.

According to sources, the Arab Coalition's fighters launched air strikes on the farms used by the militias east of Al Jarahi. They also bombed reinforcements that were heading to the militias in Al Jarahi.

The Iranian-backed Houthi militants moved the bodies of those killed and the wounded fighters to Al Alfi Military Hospital, the 22nd May Hospital, and the General Hospital in Zubaid.

The source added that the Arab Coalition continued their strikes on the Houthi pockets in the Red Sea coastal areas of Yemen.

The UAE Armed Forces provide fire and logistical support to the land, air and naval operations of the Saudi-led Arab Coalition forces to rid Yemen of the Iranian terrorist plot, executed by the Houthi militias. This support is also coupled with humanitarian operations to assist the Yemeni brothers who are enduring difficult conditions. The humanitarian efforts follow the liberation of the areas controlled by the militias and include rehabilitation programmes to bring life to normalcy in the liberated areas.

The liberation of Heis came as a crucial step in the road to liberating entire Yemen from the subversive Iranian agenda in the country.


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Hothuies have launched multiple missiles attack into Saudi Arabia capital, city of Najran, Jizan and Khamis Mushait. All missiles have been intercepted, remains fell all over densely populated areas.

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Commercial airlines were instructed to hold off landing until cleared to land

 

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Just noticed that you live there. How things are going on your end?

What was that in the video? doesn't seem like a missile. How did it take that strong curve?
Everything's fine here in eastern region they target Riyadh or Jeddah i.e central and western regions.

Yep looks like debris.
 

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Wondering what would be the Saudis reaction to this on a military scale? Are they going to escalate or remain calm?
 
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