Houthis Retake Central Yemen Region From Pro-Saudi Forces

[Kuwaiti Girl]

Houthis Retake Central Yemen Region From Pro-Saudi Forces

http://news.antiwar.com/2016/06/02/houthis-retake-central-yemen-region-from-pro-saudi-forces/

Just days after pro-Saudi forces claimed to have seized significant territory in the Maarib and Shabwa Provinces in central Yemen, in intense fighting that killed at least 69 people last week, the new reports out of the area suggest that the Shi’ite Houthis have recovered all the lost ground in the last three days.

The counter-offensive appears to have reversed all the gains, and another 85 fighters were reported slain in the three-day push.

 

[somebozo]

I think the Saudis have given up on Yemen and it would become another destroyed colony of Iran..

 

[C130]

only way Sauds can take and hold Yemen against the Houthis is genocide.

otherwise this is just another Afghanistan/Iraq were the enemy will wear you down economically/mentally til you give up

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

I think the Saudis have given up on Yemen and it would become another destroyed colony of Iran..

War was never supposed to be the solution.

 

[Arabian Stallion]

I think the Saudis have given up on Yemen and it would become another destroyed colony of Iran..

KSA involvement is/was mostly limited to air warfare and supporting the legitimate Yemeni government and allied forces. Saudi Arabian/Arab ground forces were always minimal but where they were deployed they succeeded. It was never the goal to control all of Yemen as that would be a waste of time and nobody has been able to do that since millennia, not even Yemeni governments or rulers.

KSA and the Arab coalition controls all strategic areas of Yemen. Main ports, the main economic heart of Yemen (Aden), all the oil and gas refineries of Yemen (which are helping finance the war effort mind you) and 80% of the Yemeni territory.

The Houthi's and Ali Abdullah Saleh are left with controlling the impoverished and highly populous mountainous parts of Western Yemen. Houthi rule has been a total catastrophe. Ever since they left their caves in Sa'dah province they have been causing disaster for Yemen. Let see for how long the Yemenis under their control will tolerate their horrendous situation once KSA/Arab coalition either leaves or deprioritize the conflict as has been the case for some time.

What can you expect from a bunch of uneducated qat (google it Ajamis, lol) chewing cave dwellers?

In other news millions of Yemenis continue to work in KSA while contributing with billions each year to the economy. This year and last year even more than usually wanted to cross into KSA from both North and South Yemen.

Lastly the situation in Maarib and Shabwa province (two small provinces) are changing each week almost. Yemenis (pro and anti-Houthi/Saleh) fighting each other.

 

[raptor22]

I think the Saudis have given up on Yemen and it would become another destroyed colony of Iran..

Please don't drag Iran in whenever you fails .... the history of Saudi Arabia - Yemen wars have nothing with Iran whether back in 1934 or now ..in both of these wars you aim was to control Yemen and they resisted ....

 

[Arabian Stallion]

Please don't drag Iran in whenever you fails .... the history of Saudi Arabia - Yemen wars have nothing with Iran whether back in 1934 or now ..in both of these wars you aim was to control Yemen and they resisted ....

That guy is Pakistani living in KSA. If he cannot mention Iran why the hell is an Farsi (non-Arab) like you and your likes meddling in internal Arab affairs all over the place 24/7? Why don't your worry about your only supposed brethren who happen to live in highly impoverished and irrelevant states such as tiny Tajikistan and Afghanistan?

The wars that we are witnessing are wars between regimes whose main interest is power and that has always been the case with any regime whether in antiquity or today. Saudi Arabians and Yemenis are brethren which is a similar case with all other Arabs. Millions of Yemenis live in KSA or people of Yemeni origin and vice versa and there are absolutely no problems whatsoever. That has never been the case.

 

[ptldM3]

KSA involvement is/was mostly limited to air warfare and supporting the legitimate Yemeni government and allied forces. Saudi Arabian/Arab ground forces were always minimal but where they were deployed they succeeded.

You can't be serious. There are dozens of videos in which entire columns of Saudi military vehicles are destroyed. Most of the time videos show Saudi forces disillusioned, disorganized and fleeing.

The Houthis even attacked Saudi military bases in Saudi Arabia. The Houthis are seen calmly taking weapons from Saudi military bases without a care in the world, even though Saudi military aircraft can be heard overhead in the video. Clearly the Houthis know the Saudi Air Force is incopedent and so are Saudi ground forces.

The Saudi campaign has been a disaster. Now I understand why foreign soldiers that tried training the Saudis have said so many bad things about the Saudi military.

 

[Sparkle229]

arabian ground forces are just incompetent they cannot even defend against a rag tag piece of shit like houthis

 

[Arabian Stallion]

You can't be serious. There are dozens of videos in which entire columns of Saudi military vehicles are destroyed. Most of the time videos show Saudi forces disillusioned, disorganized and fleeing.

The Houthis even attacked Saudi military bases in Saudi Arabia. The Houthis are seen calmly taking weapons from Saudi military bases without a care in the world, even though Saudi military aircraft can be heard overhead in the video. Clearly the Houthis know the Saudi Air Force is incopedent and so are Saudi ground forces.

The Saudi campaign has been a disaster. Now I understand why foreign soldiers that tried training the Saudis have said so many bad things about the Saudi military.

Ground realities show an entirely different picture. You watching 2-3 Houthi videos from different angles will not change that. I can post 100's of successful videos of the Saudi Arabian coalition defeating Houthi's and Ali Abdullah Saleh from the air and ground.
Ambushes in such conflicts (especially in mountain warfare like in Yemen) are common and everyone in the region, including world powers know well about them. As a supposed "Russian" living in "Jordan" (nice joke) you should be familiar with this given how tiny 1-2 million big Chechnya gave you a spanking of a lifetime in the 1990's. You basically lost the First Chechen War, lol. You only "won" the other because you carpet bombed everything. If KSA was able to to that today, there would be no Houthis left. Your tactic in Syria is the exact same. Carpet bombing.

arabian ground forces are just incompetent they cannot even defend against a rag tag piece of shit like houthis

Houthis are the most heavily armed militia/terrorist group in the world and are allied with large parts of the Yemeni army (Ali Abdullah Saleh) and moreover they have decade old experience in mountain warfare. They are a much greater advisory than any other armed group that any state is facing. Using that logic we can say the same about your decade old struggle to defeat armed groups in the tribal areas of Pakistan, Baluchistan and elsewhere. You have no clue about this conflict, it seems, so better not to comment.

I won't waste my time on uniformed and ignorant users. I will let you bark here, nothing in the real world will change due to that.

 

[asad71]

Meanwhile SHW is due to visit Saudi Arabia to pledge BD troops as during the Kuwait War.

 

[ptldM3]

Ground realities show an entirely different picture. You watching 2-3 Houthi videos from different angles will not change that. Ambushes in such conflicts are common and everyone in the region, including world powers know well about them. As a supposed "Russian" living in "Jordan" (nice joke) you should be familiar with this given how tiny 1-2 million big Chechnya gave you a spanking of a lifetime in the 1990's. You basically lost the First Chechen War, lol. You only "won" the other because you carpet bombed everything. If KSA was able to to that today, there would be no Houthis left.

The "ground reality" is that the Saudis are getting spanked. As for the first Chechen war. That was in 1994, the technology was primative compared to today's standards and Russia back then did not have any fancy drones, Night vision equipped vehicles or aircraft, or anything close to what Saudi Arabia possess today. Russian soldiers also fought Chechens in mountains and thick forests as well as cities and towns. While the Saudis are facing the Hauthis in mostly open dessert with little vegetation, clearly Russian soldiers fought in much tougher conditions and the Chechens and other jihadists were in a perfect ambush environment.

Many Chechen forces were also ex Soviet military and not 110lbs Yemen teenagers. US forces that faced Chechens in Iraq have described them as some of the toughest fighters.

As for the second Chechen war, yea sure Russia "carpet bombed" Chechnya except the majority of aircraft used were SU-24s and MI-24s which are not capable of carpet bombing and are design for close air support Hense the canons and rocket pods. The second Chechen war was won because of better planning and better trained soldiers.




The last UN report I read stated that Saudi airstrikes resulted in 93% civilian deaths so you best not mention "carpet bombing".

 

[somebozo]

That guy is Pakistani living in KSA. If he cannot mention Iran why the hell is an Farsi (non-Arab) like you and your likes meddling in internal Arab affairs all over the place 24/7? Why don't your worry about your only supposed brethren who happen to live in highly impoverished and irrelevant states such as tiny Tajikistan and Afghanistan?

The wars that we are witnessing are wars between regimes whose main interest is power and that has always been the case with any regime whether in antiquity or today. Saudi Arabians and Yemenis are brethren which is a similar case with all other Arabs. Millions of Yemenis live in KSA or people of Yemeni origin and vice versa and there are absolutely no problems whatsoever. That has never been the case.

the problem is that even if Houtis make any gains...they are just painting big bold targets on their Arse to be targeted later in air strikes...Houtis have no viable air-force to hold onto their gains...The saudis have not unleashed their full warth..keeping the conflict low intensity..but if the defense minister cracks..and unleash the full airforce..Houtis will find no place to hide...

 

[HAIDER]

Saudi should support the free and fair election in Yemen and resolve border dispute under UN charter.

 

[500]

I think the Saudis have given up on Yemen and it would become another destroyed colony of Iran..

Virtually all South Yemen and parts of North Yemen are saved from turning into a destroyed Iranian colony. I think its time to separate Yemen back into 2 parts.