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1)
#Iran-backed Houthis launch a terrorist attack killing reportedly up to 60 people in Yemen.
My take:
Very convenient & timely as Tehran desperately needs such an attack to save face following the humiliating sanctioning of @JZarif.
reuters.com/article/us-yem…
1)
#Iran-backed Houthis launch a terrorist attack killing reportedly up to 60 people in Yemen.
My take:
Very convenient & timely as Tehran desperately needs such an attack to save face following the humiliating sanctioning of @JZarif.
reuters.com/article/us-yem…
2)
Report citing the Houthis’ Telegram account:
The Houthis conducted drone attacks (Qassef-2K) and launched a ballistic missile targeting a military parade in Aden in southern Yemen.
Report citing the Houthis’ Telegram account:
The Houthis conducted drone attacks (Qassef-2K) and launched a ballistic missile targeting a military parade in Aden in southern Yemen.
3)
Let's look at some history on #Iran's meddling in Yemen:
Tehran’s regime is the main reason why the scene in Yemen remains a “bloody stalemate”…
jpost.com/Middle-East/Re…
Let's look at some history on #Iran's meddling in Yemen:
Tehran’s regime is the main reason why the scene in Yemen remains a “bloody stalemate”…
jpost.com/Middle-East/Re…
4)
“… an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officer, known by his nom de guerre 'Abu Ali,' led a 52-man Houthi armored assault convoy armed with Katyusha missile launchers…”
warontherocks.com/2017/06/irans-…
“… an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officer, known by his nom de guerre 'Abu Ali,' led a 52-man Houthi armored assault convoy armed with Katyusha missile launchers…”
warontherocks.com/2017/06/irans-…
5)
“He said that there were Iranian experts & Lebanese from Hezbollah militias currently in Saada helping run secret training facilities.”
english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2…
“He said that there were Iranian experts & Lebanese from Hezbollah militias currently in Saada helping run secret training facilities.”
english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2…
6)
“…Reuters has details — from Yemeni, Western and Iranian sources — of Iranian military and financial support to the Houthis before and after their takeover of Sanaa on September 21.”
reuters.com/article/us-yem…
“…Reuters has details — from Yemeni, Western and Iranian sources — of Iranian military and financial support to the Houthis before and after their takeover of Sanaa on September 21.”
reuters.com/article/us-yem…
7)
Former U.S. United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley displays evidence of #Iran providing missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Former U.S. United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley displays evidence of #Iran providing missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen.
8)
“US Treasury Department sanctioned five members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) missile command over their role in the Houthi’s missile program.”
longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/…
“US Treasury Department sanctioned five members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) missile command over their role in the Houthi’s missile program.”
longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/…
9)
Back in 2015 (showing Obama knew about this):
“The Iranian leadership earlier this month ordered militants from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, along with Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, to Yemen…”
freebeacon.com/national-secur…
Back in 2015 (showing Obama knew about this):
“The Iranian leadership earlier this month ordered militants from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, along with Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, to Yemen…”
freebeacon.com/national-secur…
11)
More footage of #Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, this time targeting a UN aid truck.
More footage of #Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, this time targeting a UN aid truck.
12)
#Iran-backed Houthis recruit children for war using slogans calling for murder, destruction & possibly even another Holocuast.
#Iran-backed Houthis recruit children for war using slogans calling for murder, destruction & possibly even another Holocuast.
13)
“… seven Houthi Qasef-1 drones & one drone engine recovered by forces from the United Arab Emirates. Six of the drones were captured in October on a known Iranian smuggling route that runs through Oman, …”
washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoin…
“… seven Houthi Qasef-1 drones & one drone engine recovered by forces from the United Arab Emirates. Six of the drones were captured in October on a known Iranian smuggling route that runs through Oman, …”
washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoin…
14)
“Iranian-backed Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen launched an attack on a Saudi Arabian naval vessel using suicide boats, or fast-attack craft laden with explosives...”
uk.businessinsider.com/us-navy-iran-h…
“Iranian-backed Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen launched an attack on a Saudi Arabian naval vessel using suicide boats, or fast-attack craft laden with explosives...”
uk.businessinsider.com/us-navy-iran-h…
15)
“… Houthis had concealed fighters and equipment in or close to civilians in Al Mukha in the Taiz Governorate 'with the deliberate aim of avoiding attack' and in violation of international humanitarian law.”
reuters.com/article/us-yem…
“… Houthis had concealed fighters and equipment in or close to civilians in Al Mukha in the Taiz Governorate 'with the deliberate aim of avoiding attack' and in violation of international humanitarian law.”
reuters.com/article/us-yem…
16)
#Iran-backed Houthis are starving the people of Yemen to continue their war.
#Iran-backed Houthis are starving the people of Yemen to continue their war.
17)
“… Houthis had diverted about $100 million a month from Yemen’s central bank to support the group’s war effort and that the foreign reserves of the central bank had dropped to $1.3 billion in June 2016 from $4.6 billion in November 2014...”
reuters.com/article/us-yem…
“… Houthis had diverted about $100 million a month from Yemen’s central bank to support the group’s war effort and that the foreign reserves of the central bank had dropped to $1.3 billion in June 2016 from $4.6 billion in November 2014...”
reuters.com/article/us-yem…
18)
“Houthi rebels in the port city of Hodeidah were rounding up civilians… and detaining them in prisons near arms depots to prevent coalition air strikes knocking out the Iranian-armed group’s equipment…”
thenational.ae/world/mena/hou…
“Houthi rebels in the port city of Hodeidah were rounding up civilians… and detaining them in prisons near arms depots to prevent coalition air strikes knocking out the Iranian-armed group’s equipment…”
thenational.ae/world/mena/hou…
19)
“The Saudi-led coalition... accused the Houthi militia of carrying out an attack on a hospital and fish market in Yemen that killed dozens of people.”
arabnews.com/node/1350621/m…
“The Saudi-led coalition... accused the Houthi militia of carrying out an attack on a hospital and fish market in Yemen that killed dozens of people.”
arabnews.com/node/1350621/m…
