October 8, 2016
THE MIGHTY SAUDI WAR MACHINE:
Top general in Yemen's Saudi-backed army killed (Reuters, 10/08/16)
A top general in forces loyal to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's government has been killed in fighting with Iran-aligned Houthi troops east of the capital Sanaa, sources on both sides of the conflict said.Major-General Abdel-Rab al-Shadadi, commander of Yemen's Third Military Region -- which has its headquarters in the city of Marib east of Sanaa -- was the most senior member of the pro-Hadi forces to be killed in nearly 19 months of civil war in Yemen.
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 8, 2016 7:57 AM