Egypt, Pakistan join military campaign against Houthis

[Zarvan]

Developing: Fresh airstrikes reported on targets near Houthi stronghold in Saada at Saudi-Yemen border.

 

[graphican]

Pakistan should at best extend an assurance of defence to Saudis but shouldn't participate in offensives under Pakistani flag. If you get what I mean.

 

[IceCold]

feeling is mutual. but I will spare venomous snake but will definitely kill Pakistani.
no personal feelings.

Only if you are man enough to actually face one and not run away with your chaddi between your legs.

 

[ravi kiran]

Only if you are man enough to actually face one and not run away with your chaddi between your legs.

what??

 

[Devil Soul]

Pakistan examining Saudi request to join operation in Yemen: FO
DAWN REPORT | MATEEN HAIDER — UPDATED 13 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it was examining Saudi Arabia's request to join the Gulf-led operation against Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz confirmed that top Saudi officials had contacted the Pakistani leadership requesting it to join the Yemen operation. A decision has not yet been taken, Aziz said.

He further said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has summoned a high-level meeting this evening to consult his close aides over the matter.

Aziz added that a decision on whether to comply with the Saudi request will be announced at the conclusion of the meeting.

Earlier during the day, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told reporters at the weekly media briefing in Islamabad that Saudi Arabia had contacted Pakistan on an emergency basis and extended the invitation to join the operation against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

She did not specify the details of the request made by Saudi Arabia to Pakistan but said that the matter was being examined.

Aslam said that the Pakistani mission in Yemen has been placed on alert and has been asked to keep in touch with the Pakistan community residing there.

"The Pakistani community has been asked to be ready for possible evacuation," she further said.

The Foreign Office spokesperson said that no decision has been made by Islamabad with regard to closing its mission in Sanaa.

Read: Saudi Arabia, allies launch air strikes against Houthis in Yemen

Diplomatic sources told DawnNews that a top Saudi functionary has contacted the top leadership of Pakistan over telephone and sought Pakistan's cooperation in the offensive launched in Yemen.

Although Pakistani authorities have given a hint of cooperation, they told the Saudis that a final decision will be take after consulting the military.

Sources also said the Pakistan permanent mission to UN is also being briefed on this latest crisis.

Saudi Arabia and Gulf region allies launched military operations including air strikes in Yemen on Thursday, Saudi officials said, to counter Iran-allied forces besieging the southern city of Aden, where the US-supported Yemeni president had taken refuge.

Gulf broadcaster al-Arabiya TV reported that the kingdom was contributing as many as 150,000 troops and 100 warplanes to the operations and that allies Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Pakistan were ready to take part in a ground offensive in Yemen.

Saudi Arabia's SPA state news agency later said that five Muslim countries including Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Sudan want to participate in the Gulf-led military coalition against Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen.

They have “expressed desire to participate in the operation” against the rebels, which the kingdom dubbed “Firmness Storm”, the state news agency further said.

Read: Houthis consolidate control over Yemen state institutions

These latest developments follow a southward advance by Houthi militants, who are said to be backed by Iran, who took control of the capital Sanaa in September and seized the central city of Taiz at the weekend as they move closer to the new southern base of US-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Iran condemns assault
The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned on Thursday the military operation by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies in Yemen, state television reported.

It gave no further details.

Iran denies providing money and training to the Shia Houthi militia in Yemen, as claimed by some Western and Yemeni officials

 

[JOEY TRIBIANI]

PAKISTAN should support Saudia .

 

[Pak Blooded]

لاحول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم.
So you think Al Saud is better to those shrines than the other Muslims?.

and u believe the khomenis or khamnaies will be better? what did shia do with the local sunni population in iraq, iran and syria. dont try to be a monk here

 

[darksider]

bhai its true. although I hate Pakistan but reasons are political like partition,Kashmir,terrorism etc.

Worry not we hate india and hindus more than you hate pakistan.

 

[B@KH]

This war will be long drawn if not stopped. Big Events aheads.

Good news is that this is the beginning of END of wahabism in Pakistan.

Pakistan has taken more trouble than it can bears. Country needs to get rid of Wahabi monsters.

Soon we will see the chinese reaction and all these arabian tattoos are not capable to defeat Yemen. The ERA of 4-5 militaries is coming to an end.

Lets wait for the Ansarallah reactions and the interesting results in pipeline.

 

[ravi kiran]

Worry not we hate india and hindus more than you hate pakistan.

thats the difference our hate is not based on religion.

 

[Zarvan]

Jordan participates in Saudi-led operation in Yemen - official






AMMAN — Jordanian air force fighter jets are participating in the Saudi- led operation with its Arab allies against Houthi fighters in Yemen, a Jordanian official source said on Thursday.

"This is in line with supporting legitimacy in Yemen and it's security and stability ... Yemen and the Gulf's security is a high strategic interest (for Jordan)," an official Jordanian source told Reuters. — Reuters

 

[Pak Blooded]

Now I can stretch my feet.

May Allah bless your soul you are so simple bro.

God never bestow no one it's all about who is in power.

قَالُوا لَنْ نُؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَاءَنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالَّذِي فَطَرَنَا ۖ فَاقْضِ مَا أَنْتَ قَاضٍ ۖ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِي هَٰذِهِ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

lol and u believe thats the case for the last 1400+ years. . there is a reason shia never get to rule the holy places. . and muslims b ashamed you have been praying behind people at the holy mosques that had power more then the will of Allah swt.

 

[Basel]

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Thursday that five Muslim countries including Egypt and Pakistan want to participate in the Gulf-led military coalition against Huthi rebels who have seized large swathes of Yemen.

Together with Jordan, Morocco and Sudan, they have “expressed desire to participate in the operation” against the rebels, which the kingdom dubbed “Firmness Storm”, Saudi SPA state news agency said.

Saudi Arabia and four other Gulf states, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, announced earlier a decision to “answer the call of President Hadi to protect Yemen and his people from the aggression of the Huthi militia.”

The kingdom’s ambassador to the United States announced from Washington that a coalition of 10 countries, including the five Gulf monarchies, had been set up to protect the Yemeni government.

Adel al-Jubeir did not name other members of the coalition.

The United States said it would provide “logistical and intelligence support” to the operation.

Saudi-owned al-Arabiya news channel said the UAE sent 30 jet fighters to Saudi Arabia to take part in the air strikes, while Jordan will be participating with six aircraft.

The channel also said that Egypt and Pakistan would dispatch jet fighters and warships to take part in the campaign.

Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi had urged Arab countries to intervene militarily as anti-government forces closed in on the southern city of Aden, where he had taken refuge.

Yemen has been gripped by growing turmoil since the Huthi rebels overran the capital Sanaa in September.

Operation 'Firmness Storm': Saudi says Pakistan wants to join fight against Yemen rebels - The Express Tribune

Pakistan should stay away from this mess and clear its own back yard.

 

[Pak Blooded]

That time Saudia was divided into 3 Parts
1. Hijaze Muqadas
2. Najd (Riyadh Buraidah, Qaseem, Hail and Khamees Masheet Regions Mostly Robbers and Followers of Abdul Wahab)
3. Bahrain (From Abqaiq Al Hassa including Dammam Jubail and Current Bahrain Island) Mostly Shias

They were being robbed of the oil that was extracted from their lands. and i dont even like the saudis but stating the truth does matter.

 

[TheNoob]

Is Pakistan going to send in ground troops? if so, why should we waste our precious soldiers lives on someone elses fight?