Air strikes hit three army bases in Sanaa

Times of Oman ^ | May 23, 2015 | Agencies

[SunkenCiv]

Saudi-led air strikes hit three military bases in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday and the Yemeni government in exile expressed reservations about United Nations-led talks aimed at ending the eight-week war.

Residents said the air raids hit a munitions store in one of the bases, setting off a large explosion which sent rockets flying into the air and crashing down on civilian areas...   Yemen's exiled government in Saudi Arabia headed by President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi expressed reluctance to attend UN-sponsored peace talks set for May 28 in Geneva.

A spokesman said on Saturday the Houthis and their powerful ally, ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, should first commit to a UN Security Council resolution demanding they withdraw from Yemen's main cities...

Meanwhile, an Iranian Red Crescent plane carrying 20 tonnes of food for Yemen was prevented from landing in Djibouti, where the UN has a relief hub, Iranian official media said Saturday...

Earlier, an Iranian boat carrying 2,500 tonnes of aid for Yemen docked late Friday in the Horn of Africa port of Djibouti.

The cargo had been handed over to the WFP in Djibouti and was currently being offloaded, WFP spokeswoman Abeer Etefa said on Saturday.

"The ship carries 2,500 ton of humanitarian aid and that includes mainly rice and wheat flour, as well as medicine, water, tents and blankets," she said.

The Red Crescent official told IRNA the vessel was being offloaded in Djibouti.

[SunkenCiv]

Houthi militants stand near a government building destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's northwestern city of Saada on Saturday. Reuters/Stringer

[SunkenCiv]

Luckily they're not used to having buildings anyway. ;')

[MaxMax]

Looks like the guard survived. Gov worker probably waiting for his check..

[dp0622]

what a mess that region is. you need a scorecard to keep track of who’s fighting whom

[expat2]

Actually, it is fairly simple: Shia fighting Sunni.
The Saudis, Pakistan, AlQ. and ISIS are all Sunni. Iran, the Iraqi government, and Hezbolla are Shia.
Yemeni Shia kicked out the Sunni government, so the SA Sunnis are bombing the Shia in Yemen to restore the Sunni govt in Yemen.

[SunkenCiv]

The Shia/Sunni division of jihad is fictional and foolish. All muzzies fight everyone in sight all the time, irrespective of sect; those who are not armed are murdered, those who fight back wind up fighting for a long time.

[dp0622]

all of this is over a fake moon god.