- Joined
- Dec 7, 2016
- Messages
- 661
- Reaction score
- 1
US commandoes attack Yemen’s Bayda, kill 40: Reports
Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:19AM
The file photo shows US paratroopers jumping with parachute during a military drill. (By AFP)
A number of US commandos have reportedly parachuted in the southwestern Yemeni province of Bayda, where they raided a village and killed a total of 40 people, among them civilians.
The US paratroopers targeted Yakla viallge in Bayda’s Qifah district on Sunday, with some 30 planes such as Apache helicopters and drones taking part in the operation.
Saudi media said 10 civilians, among them women and children, lost their lives in the US assault.
Reports said the rest of those killed were militants with the al-Qaeda terror group, including three of its ringleaders.
“The operation began at dawn when a drone bombed the home of [al-Qaeda ringleader] Abdulraoof al-Dhahab and then helicopters flew up and unloaded paratroopers at his house and killed everyone inside,” an unnamed local told AFP.
The Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel reported that a US soldier was also killed during clashes with militants.
Two years ago, the US troopers conducted a similar operation in Yemen’s Hadhramaut Province to allegedly save an American reporter that was held captive by al-Qaeda. However, the operation was unsuccessful and left the correspondent dead.
Separately on Sunday, Saudi fighter jets mistakenly bombarded positions held by Riyadh’sown mercenaries in Bayda Province.
Arabic-language al-Masirah television network quoted an informed military source as saying that the Saudi warplanes had also targeted homes in Bayda’s al-Quraishyah and Sharyah neighborhoods.
Similar Saudi air raids were also carried out in the districts Harad and Nasim in Hajjah Province as well as the Sirwah neighborhood of Ma’rib Province.
People walk inside a local government compound destroyed by a recent Saudi airstrike in Sa'ada, Yemen, January 11, 2017. (Photo by Reuters)
The Saudi jets further targeted al-Amri district of Ta’izz Province with cluster bombs.
Elsewhere, in Shabwah Province, a large number of Saudi mercenaries were killed and injured in the Yemeni army’s rocket attacks.
Read more
Additionally, 50 Saudi mercenaries, among them foreign nationals, were killed and injured in clashes with the Yemeni army forces in the port city of Mokha and Dhubab district, both situated in Ta’izz Province.
Three rocket attacks also hit downtown Zanzibar in Abyan Province.
The Riyadh regime has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015 in a bid to reinstall the country’s ex-government and crush the Houthi Ansarullah movement.
The Houthis and the Yemeni army have been defending Yemen against the Saudi offensive over the past almost two years.
The Saudi military aggression has claimed the lives of over 11,400 Yemenis, including women and children, according to the latest tally by a Yemeni monitoring group.
http://presstv.com/Detail/2017/01/29/508218/Yemen-US-Bayda-Saudi-Arabia
Good job trump!
Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:19AM
The file photo shows US paratroopers jumping with parachute during a military drill. (By AFP)
A number of US commandos have reportedly parachuted in the southwestern Yemeni province of Bayda, where they raided a village and killed a total of 40 people, among them civilians.
The US paratroopers targeted Yakla viallge in Bayda’s Qifah district on Sunday, with some 30 planes such as Apache helicopters and drones taking part in the operation.
Saudi media said 10 civilians, among them women and children, lost their lives in the US assault.
Reports said the rest of those killed were militants with the al-Qaeda terror group, including three of its ringleaders.
“The operation began at dawn when a drone bombed the home of [al-Qaeda ringleader] Abdulraoof al-Dhahab and then helicopters flew up and unloaded paratroopers at his house and killed everyone inside,” an unnamed local told AFP.
The Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel reported that a US soldier was also killed during clashes with militants.
Two years ago, the US troopers conducted a similar operation in Yemen’s Hadhramaut Province to allegedly save an American reporter that was held captive by al-Qaeda. However, the operation was unsuccessful and left the correspondent dead.
Separately on Sunday, Saudi fighter jets mistakenly bombarded positions held by Riyadh’sown mercenaries in Bayda Province.
Arabic-language al-Masirah television network quoted an informed military source as saying that the Saudi warplanes had also targeted homes in Bayda’s al-Quraishyah and Sharyah neighborhoods.
Similar Saudi air raids were also carried out in the districts Harad and Nasim in Hajjah Province as well as the Sirwah neighborhood of Ma’rib Province.
People walk inside a local government compound destroyed by a recent Saudi airstrike in Sa'ada, Yemen, January 11, 2017. (Photo by Reuters)
The Saudi jets further targeted al-Amri district of Ta’izz Province with cluster bombs.
Elsewhere, in Shabwah Province, a large number of Saudi mercenaries were killed and injured in the Yemeni army’s rocket attacks.
Read more
Additionally, 50 Saudi mercenaries, among them foreign nationals, were killed and injured in clashes with the Yemeni army forces in the port city of Mokha and Dhubab district, both situated in Ta’izz Province.
Three rocket attacks also hit downtown Zanzibar in Abyan Province.
The Riyadh regime has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015 in a bid to reinstall the country’s ex-government and crush the Houthi Ansarullah movement.
The Houthis and the Yemeni army have been defending Yemen against the Saudi offensive over the past almost two years.
The Saudi military aggression has claimed the lives of over 11,400 Yemenis, including women and children, according to the latest tally by a Yemeni monitoring group.
http://presstv.com/Detail/2017/01/29/508218/Yemen-US-Bayda-Saudi-Arabia
Good job trump!
