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War in Yemen - 09/18/2015

One million Yemeni fighters prepare to invade Saudi Arabia

Houthis in Yemen
File photo of Houthis in Yemen


26 November, 2014

A million Yemeni tribal fighters are gathering near the border with Saudi Arabia in preparation to invade the Kingdom, Iran’s Kayhan newspaper has reported.

The newspaper quoted what it described as “informed sources” in Sanaa as saying that “the political forces and the tribes of Yemen announced a general alarm to mobilise one million Yemeni fighters near the border with Saudi Arabia to invade its territory and curb its aggression on Yemen.

The paper quoted a spokesman for the Yemeni army, Brigadier General Sharaf Ghalib Luqman, as claiming that his army has captured Saudi, Emirati, Bahraini and Qatari fighters in the province of Marib and will present them to the media in the coming days.

It added that Yemeni army units and Houthi rebels have besieged two Qatari battalions in Marib and that Qatar has appealed to Saudi Arabia not to bomb the region to ensure its citizens will not be victims of “friendly fire”.

Remarking on the Houthi attack on the Safer camp in Marib, Kayhan reported that Saudi Arabia has moved all soldiers from the base into its territory after the killing of 300 Emirati, Saudi and Bahraini fighters.


Matthieu Aikins: Yemen and the Middle East



Matthieu Aikins

Radio NZ,
12 September, 2015

Matthieu Aikins reports from the Middle East and South Asia for a number of magazines and his investigative work exposing war crimes in Afghanistan won him the George Polk Award and the Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism. Currently he is a Schell Fellow at the Nation Institute.


He talks with Kim Hill about the 'forgotten war' and escalating humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

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