For the first time in their month-long war against Yemen, Saudi ground troops were involved in direct combat today, fighting against Houthis along the border in a battle that left dozens killed.
The fighting began with the two sides trading mortar fire along the border. Saudi officials claim the Houthis attacked them first, and also claimed that only three of the slain were Saudi troops, with the rest Houthis.
Elsewhere in Yemen, there continued to be skirmishes between Houthis and the remnants of the former Hadi government, with Saudi warplanes launching airstrikes against several cities.
The World Food Program also announced it is pulling out of Yemen’s western Hudaydah Province today, having run out of fuel, and will likely halt aid in other provinces in the near future. The Saudis have been conducting a naval and aerial blockade of Yemen, which historically imports over 90% of its food, causing widespread shortages.
Would love to see a Russian or Iranian airdrop of food to Yemen and the declaration of a Russian no-fly zone over the same geography. If this type of an approach appeals to McCain when it comes to Syria maybe it will to Russian hardliners as well. Someone needs to apply a good ass-whuppin to the arrogant Saudis just for humanitarian reasons, eh?
More likely the other way around. The Saudi Wahhabi child molesters are in for a very nasty surprise and of course their US patron a well.
Saudi Arabia and USA — Two most violent and most controlled by the rich nations on earth
Greater your wealth, the greater must be your desire to kill those who might harm your wealth, which is what killer drones and the war on this Houta laboring-class government is all about.
Which is why the human race is not fit to govern itself, for the most wealthy half hoards all the wealth and rules every nation on earth.
So I wonder about this: if a Westerner- say, an American- made their way to Yemen to join the Houthis in order to fight Al-Qaeda, would they be (in the eyes of the US government) one of the good guys for fighting Al-Qaeda, or one of the bad guys for fighting Saudi Arabia?