Yemen’s president says Iran supports Houthis – 9 Sept 09

Yemeni government forces have been fighting Houthi loyalists in the country’s north for weeks, vowing to crush them with an “iron fist”. Ali Abdallah Saleh, the president, now speaks exclusively to Al Jazeera, saying the recent lull in fighting was not a truce and blaming Iran for supporting the rebels. He says the military operations [...]

Yemen’s president says Iran supports Houthis – 9 Sept 09

Yemeni government forces have been fighting Houthi loyalists in the country’s north for weeks, vowing to crush them with an “iron fist”. Ali Abdallah Saleh, the president, now speaks exclusively to Al Jazeera, saying the recent lull in fighting was not a truce and blaming Iran for supporting the rebels. He says the military operations [...]

Yemen’s president says Iran supports Houthis – 9 Sept 09

Yemeni government forces have been fighting Houthi loyalists in the country’s north for weeks, vowing to crush them with an “iron fist”. Ali Abdallah Saleh, the president, now speaks exclusively to Al Jazeera, saying the recent lull in fighting was not a truce and blaming Iran for supporting the rebels. He says the military operations [...]

Saudi concern over Yemen’s Houthis – 10 Nov 09

Houthi fighters in Yemen say they’ve taken control of more territory on the border, a claim that has worried neighbouring Saudi Arabia. The claim comes after the Saudis said they had regained control of another area seized by the rebels last week. Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Sanaa, the Yemeni capital.

Is the Saudi military having difficulty with the Houthis?

Headline: Saudi deaths in fight with Yemen rebels reach 113 Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_arabia_yemen;_ylt=AqRQrrLVcyYhEWIPchkKvcTCw5R4;_ylu=X3oDMTNhOXNlMmk2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMTIxL21sX3NhdWRpX2FyYWJpYV95ZW1lbgRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzUEcG9zAzUEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNzYXVkaWRlYXRoc2k- Story: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The Saudi army has lost 113 troops since the kingdom launched a sweeping offensive against neighboring Yemen’s Shiite rebels in early November, a military commander said in comments published Thursday. The kingdom’s well-funded but largely untested military joined [...]

Yemen’s president says Iran supports Houthis – 9 Sept 09

Yemeni government forces have been fighting Houthi loyalists in the country’s north for weeks, vowing to crush them with an “iron fist”. Ali Abdallah Saleh, the president, now speaks exclusively to Al Jazeera, saying the recent lull in fighting was not a truce and blaming Iran for supporting the rebels. He says the military operations [...]

Yemen’s president says Iran supports Houthis – 9 Sept 09

Yemeni government forces have been fighting Houthi loyalists in the country’s north for weeks, vowing to crush them with an “iron fist”. Ali Abdallah Saleh, the president, now speaks exclusively to Al Jazeera, saying the recent lull in fighting was not a truce and blaming Iran for supporting the rebels. He says the military operations [...]

Saudi concern over Yemen’s Houthis – 10 Nov 09

Houthi fighters in Yemen say they’ve taken control of more territory on the border, a claim that has worried neighbouring Saudi Arabia. The claim comes after the Saudis said they had regained control of another area seized by the rebels last week. Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Sanaa, the Yemeni capital.

Yemen’s president says Iran supports Houthis – 9 Sept 09

Yemeni government forces have been fighting Houthi loyalists in the country’s north for weeks, vowing to crush them with an “iron fist”. Ali Abdallah Saleh, the president, now speaks exclusively to Al Jazeera, saying the recent lull in fighting was not a truce and blaming Iran for supporting the rebels. He says the military operations [...]