Sunday, 05 September 2010 17:06

SADAA, 15 Dec -- In a statement posted on the rebels website, rebel group field commander, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi Tuesday said 120 captives were killed and 44 others wounded when an American aircraft bombed a centre where the captives were being held.

Sunday, 05 September 2010 17:06

SADAA, 09 Oct — Military sources Friday said the army repelled a suicide attack launched by groups of Zaydi Shiite rebels in Sadaa on Thursday night, the defense ministry online news website, 26-September said, adding “the rebels tried to intrude into the areas of al-Maqash, Bani Moad, al-Aqab, Mahda and Souq al-Lil triggering a 5-hour battle during which the army inflicted heavy losses to the rebels and thwarted their attempts to enter neighborhoods in the city of Sadaa.”  The sources said “more than 100 insurgents were killed in the clashes and more than 280 others were wounded while the remaining groups fled the area.”  Meanwhile, a statement carried by the information office of the rebels Friday said “a specialized group attacked the military outposts of Wasd al-Sawda and al-Akhel in the region of al-Amashiah in Harf Sufian,” adding “the operation was swift and the whole region is now void of any military presence”  The statement said “the Huthis are inflicting heavy losses to the army and until now, we have seized more than 70 military outposts,” adding “the regime was defeated in many battles causing it to lose its balance.”  In related news, a military source Friday said three African nationals were captured on Thursday in the area of Garaz on suspicion of ties to the Shiite insurgents.  In other reports, the US intelligence private company, Stratfor Friday quoted a Hezbollah militant saying “our elements in Yemen shot down Yemeni fighter jets using ground-to-air missiles.”