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Saudi-Led Air Strikes and Houthi Missile Strikes Continue After the Assassination of Saleh Sammad

May 1, 2018 

Thousands of Yemenis march in Sa'ada, in commemoration of the assassinated President, Saleh Al-Sammad, April 30, 2018	Thousands of Yemenis march in Amran, in commemoration of the assassinated President, Saleh Al-Sammad, April 30, 2018

 

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The following news stories are from the Yemeni pro-Saudi website Al-Sahwa ( http://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/  ):

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Arab Coalition jets destroy Houthi military equipment west of Taiz

4/29/2018  الصحوة نت - خاص

The Arab coalition fighter jets have destroyed military vehicles belonging to the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Makbana district, west of Taiz province, south-west of Yemen.

Local sources confirmed that the Arab Coalition jets launched an air strike targeting a vehicle loaded with weapons belonging to the Houthi militia in the area of Al-Kamb.

The website of Yemen's Defense Ministry said other raids struck  weapons depots belonging to the rebel militia.  

The jets also launched two raids targeting reinforcements and gatherings of Houthi fighters in Al-Barh in Taiz. 

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The following news stories are from the Yemeni independent website Al-Masdar ( http://www.almasdaronline.com/category/42  ):

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Coalition Air forces increase the intensity of air strikes on Saada

ALMASDARONLINE 2018-04-30

The Coalition Air forces has launched many airstrikes on several locations and buildings controlled by Houthis at Saada and its surroundings.  The Airstrikes targeted mainly Kahlan Camp -east to Saada and another bank building in the center of the city previously targeted. According to our reporter there Houthis called the citizens in the city to Donate blood at the republican hospital which indicate a large number of casualties. 

 The aircrafts repeated their strikes on Houthis locations at the center of the city again after Saturday midnight. 

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The following news stories are from the pro-Houthi website Yemen Extra (http://www.yemenextra.net/):

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Yemeni joint forces respond after assassinating their president

Apr 29, 2018, YemenExtra, Y.A

The Yemeni joint forces keep responding to the Saudi-led coalition constant airstrikes that have been lasting for three years through killing and wounding many of its paid fighters, destroying its tanks, seizing its weapons , and so on on Saturday , 28, 2018.

Their missile force fired 8 ballastic missile- Badr 1-on economic targetes in Jizan sector, according to a military official

They launched Zelzal 1 missile on gatherings of the Saudi soldiers ,and targeted gatherings of the paid fighters with a salvo of Katysha missiles in Najran front, it added.

They foiled an advance of the paid fighters , leaving dead and wounded , while the rest of them fled in Lahj front, it confirmed.

They also shot dead 3 of the paid fighters in AL-Jawf front.

To conclude it with AL-Baida front where their engineering unit killed and wounded many of them through exploding an explosive device.

In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and a coalition of its regional allies — mainly the united Arab Emirates and Jordan — started  a war against Yemen with the declared aim of crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement, who had taken over from the staunch Riyadh ally and fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, while also seeking to secure the Saudi border with its southern neighbor. Three years and over 600,000 dead and injured Yemeni people later, the war has yielded little to that effect.

As if it weren’t bad enough that Hodeidah and its environs are among the most severely harmed by the blockade and the threat of famine, the civilians living there are also at risk of being bombed for no reason. There is no excuse for bombing this house and killing these civilians. This attack is a gross violation of international law and a war crime, and the governments responsible for it should be held accountable. This is what the coalition does with the refueling and weapons that the U.S. provides them. Refueling coalition planes just makes it easier for them to carry out more outrageous attacks like this one. Secretary Mattis tried arguing the other day that refueling gives coalition pilots more time to make better decisions about where to drop their bombs, but that ignores the reality that coalition governments have routinely shown blatant disregard for civilian life throughout the war. This latest attack is just the latest example out of the thousands and thousands of strikes on civilian targets that the coalition has carried out.

At the same time Mattis made his statement, a $1 billion weapons deal to Saudi Arabia was announced on the same day. Along with the $100 billion weapons deal signed between Washington and Riyadh last year, this will obviously further empower Saudi’s military campaign on Yemen, which Mattis supposedly wants to end. 

Thousands take to streets in Amran expressing loyalty to assassinated President

Apr 30, 2018, YemenExtra, M.A.

The people of Amran marched to express loyalty to the martyred President Saleh al-Sammad, during which the participants condemned the assassination of the President and six of his companions.

The march was presented by the governor of the province and a member of the executive office of Ansarullah, the local authority and the security and military leaderships in the governorate, where the participants expressed that the assassination of al-Sammad only bolstered their steadfastness and resistance when confronting the Saudi regime and their allies.

The participants confirmed that the project previously launched by the President al-Samad “A hand protects, the other builds” must continue taking place during the current phase in order to serve the people of Yemen and improve state-building.

In the statement of the march, the residents of the province reconfirmed their willingness to support the fight against the Saudi-led coalition with all means.

Saada rallies in honor of the martyred President al-Samad

Apr 30, 2018, YemenExtra, M.A.

The governorate of Sa'ada witnessed today a mass rally under the slogan “In honor of the President of the Martyrs” in the presence of the leadership of the local authority in the governorate, the sheikhs, dignitaries and social figures and a large number of citizens.

During the march, the governor of Sa'ada Mohammed Jaber Awad expressed his deepest condolences to the Leader and the people of Yemen on the martyrdom of President Saleh al-Sammad.

He pointed out that Yemen lost one of the most loyal and honest men after the departure of the President, and that his blood strengthened the spirit of steadfastness and pride among the Yemeni people.

The governor Awad also congratulated the President of the Supreme Political Council Mahdi Mashat for attaining the authority’s confidence to lead the country and achieve the aspirations of the Yemeni people. He stressed that the project previously launched by the President “A hand protects, the other builds” reflects wise vision possessed by the assassinated President.

A statement issued by the mass rally affirmed that the targeting of the President Saleh al-Sammad is a violation of international law .. pointing out that this crime, which directly involved America, will not pass without reckoning.

Moreover, he pointed out that the President was a model of loyalty to his people at one of the most difficult stages that Yemen has been going through and that he was a role model for all the officials for he conducted serious moves to serve the people and state-building through his project.

He also stressed that this stage calls for more efforts to mobilize towards the fronts in order to confront the Saudi-led war and thwart its plans.

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