Saudi Arabia has been leading a series of airstrikes against the Iran-backed Shiite Houthi militants since March 26. Above, a Saudi soldier fired a mortar at the Saudi border with Yemen on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
AFP: 'Hundreds' of Gulf Arab troops enter Yemen's liberated Aden
Aden (AFP) - Hundreds of Gulf Arab troops from the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have entered the southern port of Aden, a military source told AFP on Monday.
The source said the troops arrived in Yemen's second city on Sunday with tanks and armoured vehicles. He gave no further details.
The Saudi-owned Al-Hayat newspaper reported on Monday that a total of 1,500 troops, most of them from the United Arab Emirates, had reached Aden.
Update #1: Hundreds of Gulf troops enter Yemen after Aden ‘liberated’ -- Al Bawaba
Update #2: Saudi-led Coalition Deploys 3,000 Troops in Yemen, Sources Say -- Defense News
WNU Editor: The Saudis and their Yemeni allies want to accelerate the perception that the trend of this war is now going in their favour. I doubt that this is going to work .... especially if Saudi forces start to enter Houthi territories where I suspect that the war will then certainly become even more bloodier than what it is today.
WNU Editor,
ReplyDeleteUp until now, the Houthi's and their Allies have had to " content" themselves with beating up the Saudi's on the Border, and the Al Quida Franchise, while suffering under airstrikes and long range artillary,
Now they have got "them" where they want them, at arms length. It's going to get very ugly for the Saudi's in the coming weeks, months and years.
You want "pour" into Yemen. poUr is for moving into, poOr is lacking money
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