Yemen Saudi update 8/05 /2016..Houthis Penetrate 10kms Into Saudi Arabia and residents forcefully evacuated by Saudis
Houthis Penetrate 10kms Into Saudi Arabia, Obliterate KSA Tanks
Saudi Arabia has launched a forced evacuation of locals in its Jizan region, as Yemeni forces advance further into the Saudi territory in response to the war on their country by Riyadh. Yemen’s Khabar Agency news website reported the development on Friday with pictures of departing locals as well as a video showing Saudi military personnel evacuating a residence in the region. It said the measure was affecting those villages and towns in the region that are closest to the common border with Yemen. The Saudi military has threatened to strip the locals of their citizenship and invalidate their identification and travel documents if they refuse to leave. Saudi forces have, meanwhile, deployed to the region’s residential areas.Houthis Penetrate 10kms Into Saudi Arabia, Obliterate KSA Tanks
While the war in Syria continues to rage and the world’s focus oscillates between American elections, terror attacks in Europe, and panic over the Zika virus, a scrappy band of rebels in Yemen has not only withstood an onslaught from the Saudi-led coalition, they have managed to launch a counterattack that amounts to an invasion of Saudi Arabia.
Despite the fact that the Saudi-led coalition has launched a full-on attack and invasion of Yemen, a group of poorly armed and poorly trained “militiamen” have successfully defeated the Saudis, Qataris, and Emirates – themselves backed by the United States in terms of intelligence and strategic assistance – and have not only dealt massive blows to coalition forces but have now managed to inflict blows to the Saudis on their own territory.
In a story that went virtually unreported in the West, the Houthis managed to wrest control of three Saudi military bases in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan province, located near the Saudi-Yemen border in January of this year. The bases Jabal al-Doud, al-Aril, and Madba were all seized by Houthi forces and fighters with “allied Popular Committees.”
In addition, the Houthi forces along with Yemeni soldiers launched retaliatory shelling strikes inside Saudi Arabia’s al-Makhrouq military base in the southern Najran region.
Houthis and allied Yemeni fighters have long been inflicting heavy damage upon Saudi and Saudi-led coalition troops and vehicles deployed on the ground inside Yemen as well as occasionally downing coalition jets. The fighters have also managed to damage Saudi ships located off the coast.
In July, 2016, Houthi forces launched ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia. According to reports coming from Al-Masdar, Houthis launched a Tochka ballistic missile toward the Ahad al-Masarihah Military camp, resulting in a heavy death toll of Saudi soldiers as well the destruction of several armored vehicles.
Now, reports are coming from various sources that the Houthis have penetrated around 10 kms into Saudi Arabia.
Video footage has surfaced showing a battle between Houthi forces and Saudi Arabia’s tanks. Watching the video below, however, you would believe that it was merely target practice for Houthi fighters as two tanks were simply obliterated with ease by the Houthis.
In addition, it was announced in early August that a coalition that will function as a “political council” is in the works between the Houthis and fighters loyal to former President Saleh, a move that flies in the face of the GCC resolutions regarding the governing structure of Yemen.
Throughout the entire affair, Houthi forces have revealed the Saudis as nothing more than a military paper tiger incapable of actually defeating a rebel force in a neighboring country. However, after this string of victories and the fact that Houthi and Houthi-allied forces have actually managed to successfully invade Saudi territory, KSA’s weakness appears to be even greater than what many informed observers may have suspected.
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Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2016/08/yemen-saudi-update-805-2016houthis.html
