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Hatra is an ancient trading center and dates back to the Seleucid Empire (323-64 B.C.) and is believed to have withstood Roman invasions thanks to its high towers and thick walls. The city’s unique mix of Hellenistic and Roman architecture is a monument “to the greatness of civilization,” according to UNESCO.



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It is not completely clear just how much of the ancient city the militants have destroyed.

In March, an Iraqi tourism and antiques ministry official said it had received reports from employees in IS-controlled Mosul that historic sites in Hatra had been completely demolished.

A resident allegedly heard a powerful explosion and said IS had destroyed some of the larger buildings in Hatra, and had bulldozed others.
 
According to some reports Pakistan Navy is part of blockade in Yemen
 
Apr 4, 2015, SPA -- Brig. Gen. Ahmed bin Hasan Asiri, consultant at the minister of defense's office and spokesman of the Coalition forces, stressed today that when the coalition forces are formed due to political directives of the coalition states, they are fully aware of their responsibilities towards the Yemeni people and the security and safety in the region.

In today's daily briefing, which he held at Riyadh airbase, Brig. Asiri confirmed that "one of the most important of these responsibilities is the human side", pointing out that the newspapers and the media outlets dealt with, during the past few days, the issues of evacuating foreigners from Yemen and facilitating humanitarian assistance for the Yemeni people.

Brig. Asiri highlighted that the command already called, since the first day, all sides to communicate with the work teams and the official bodies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the coalition states to facilitate their measurements (of evacuation).

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There are logical reasons to facilitate relief works and foreigners' evacuation procedures, he said, confirming that these works don not interfere with other operations underway, at the same locations, consequently, it would not jeopardize them, however, these relief and evacuation works are verified to be sure that they are moving on the right path and being delivered to the pertinent people, not the terrorist groups, similarly and coincidently taking place to be sure that they are nationals not loyal to Houthi militia commanders.

These are normal measurements, as there was contacts with a number of countries which announced willingness to evacuee their nationals, systematically in co-ordination with the coalition command, pointing to the items echoed by the media outlets are not accurate, because of the lack of factual information, adding that the coalition command is proud and to its pleasure to provide media men with these information, he said.

Evacuation is taking place through coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other parties with interest, emphasizing that the coalition command constituted today a committee to accelerate the process for only recognized humanitarian organizations, to shut the door in the face of non-recognized ones, Assiri affirmed, asking media men to be in contact with this committee on the numbers shown, in addition to a dedicated email on the Ministry of Defense website, for online follow up of the process.

Task Teams at the ministry are in contact with legal as well as humanitarian authorities to be ascertained of carrying their missions, out, Assiri confirmed, drawing the attention to the falsehood of news reported by some news agencies of hindrance of Red Cross missions, reiterating that its flights are running as set for Sunday and that there are no stalling, at all. He made clear that some change has been made by the Red Cross, itself, related to shipments delivery, changing of spots and the stations departure of which the aircrafts will take off from.
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Brig. Asiri said the foreigners who were evacuated since the start of operations are from Russia, India, Algeria, Indonesia and Pakistan while there are still scheduled flights for tomorrow and after tomorrow for states and non-governmental organizations, UNICEF, China, Djibouti, Egypt and Sudan.'

'The Red Cross will provide two relief aircraft heading for Yemen and the time of arrival was identified. The requests of the United Nations, Germany, the European Union, Pakistan, Canada, Jordan and Iraq are under procedure either because they did not identify a point of the aircraft's arrival or do not specify a date of arrival,' Asiri added.

Brig. Asiri stressed that some Arab countries desired to implement evacuation to Jazan Airport by land and from there to their states.

'The foreigners are to be evacuated to Jazan then a country determines an appropriate way to take them to their countries,' he added, calling upon countries and non-governmental organizations to respect and comply with the time set by the coalition forces in order to ensure evacuation process under safe circumstances.

Brig. Asiri said 'we communicated with the Red Cross which specified a flight and time,' pointing out that the coalition is found only to serve and rescue the Yemeni people.
Brig. Asiri stressed that the evacuation process has three goals, political until the circumstances are appropriate, military to be implemented in accordance with the safety of the aircrafts' crew and reaching to the right people, confirming that the Houthi militias at most of the time are disrupting action at the airports because they are controlling the airports until now.
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Peace keeping force of OIC is something that possible in the future, considering so many internal conflict that happens in the Middle East. During Cambodja peace process in 1990's, we deployed around 10.000 troops there.
OIC is effectively "Oh I See" total waste of an organization let alone having a force of her own.
 
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...ent-may-have-weapons-of-mass-destruction.html

By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News
Saturday, 4 April 2015
The spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition forces, did not rule out the possibility that former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh may be in possession of chemical weapons, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri said that Saleh is an unpredictable man from who any behavior can be expected to preserve his position.

Asiri made the remarks during a daily briefing session in Riyadh on the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen.

During the ninth daily brief, Asiri also said that if true, the Saudi-led coalition would, immediately, retaliate to protect Yemeni people.

He added that the coalition is taking utmost precautions and considering all the possibilities.

Violence has sharply escalated in Yemen following a Saudi-led air campaign launched on March 26 to stop an advance by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels that forced President Abedrabbu Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia.

The United Nations is backing Hadi as Yemen’s legitimate leader in the face of the Houthi uprising that has plunged the poor Arab state deeper into chaos.

The Houthis and miltias of the deposed leader Saleh seized power in the capital Sanaa in February and last month advanced on the port city of Aden, Hadi’s stronghold, forcing him to go into exile.
 
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...ent-may-have-weapons-of-mass-destruction.html

By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News
Saturday, 4 April 2015
The spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition forces, did not rule out the possibility that former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh may be in possession of chemical weapons, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri said that Saleh is an unpredictable man from who any behavior can be expected to preserve his position.

Asiri made the remarks during a daily briefing session in Riyadh on the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen.

During the ninth daily brief, Asiri also said that if true, the Saudi-led coalition would, immediately, retaliate to protect Yemeni people.

He added that the coalition is taking utmost precautions and considering all the possibilities.

Violence has sharply escalated in Yemen following a Saudi-led air campaign launched on March 26 to stop an advance by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels that forced President Abedrabbu Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia.

The United Nations is backing Hadi as Yemen’s legitimate leader in the face of the Houthi uprising that has plunged the poor Arab state deeper into chaos.

The Houthis and miltias of the deposed leader Saleh seized power in the capital Sanaa in February and last month advanced on the port city of Aden, Hadi’s stronghold, forcing him to go into exile.
Using the keyword "may" clearly show they are lying and they only want to have an escape route .when like Iraq everybody see lies .
 
Using the keyword "may" clearly show they are lying and they only want to have an escape route .when like Iraq everybody see lies .

Claims and counter claims are going on .

Saudis have issued statement that may be there are chemical weapons and according to al-Barayemi said that the revolutionary forces found the chemical weapons and directly named Saudi Arabia and Turkey behind it.

Article is there on farsnews.
 
pakistan is officially in and operating. the first few days the pakistani flag wasnt there then as you can see in everyday brief the pakistani flag is behind the officer. its been there for 4 or 5 days now
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Pakistan isn't involved at the moment there's still major discussions until the 6th of April and emphasises peace talks Daily Pakistan | Pakistan, Turkey back peaceful resolution of Yemen crisis . KSA did this to undermine Pakistan once again. In fact KSA was called out for this. So desperate of others to fight for your royals.
 
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Awesome; does that mean the JF-17 may have a chance of seeing combat?
 
Awesome; does that mean the JF-17 may have a chance of seeing combat?
Nops. If there is an involvement of Pakistan, it would most likely be confined to the Army deployment inside KSA. PAF sending assets may not be required as GCCs have already mounted ~150 air assets. However, things will clear up after the Joint session.
 
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