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Yemen says no
talks with rebels
until Houthis lay
down arms: AP
CAIRO (AP) — The Yemeni
government is not negotiat-
ing with Shiite Houthi rebels
who control the capital and
much of the north, and de-
mands that they lay down
their arms, Foreign Minister
Riad Yassin said Thursday.
“The Houthis and (former
President Ali Abdullah)
Saleh’s militias must imple-
ment the U.N. resolution
and surrender their weap-
ons, and only then the
dialogue and political pro-
cess can begin, with the
participation of all Yemeni
parties,” Yassin told report-
ers in Cairo after meeting
with Arab League Secretary
General Nabil Elaraby.
Referring to reports of meet-
ings in the Gulf nation of
Oman, Yassin described
them as mere “consulta-
tions” between U.N. envoy
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
and the Houthis, aimed at
convincing them to imple-
ment a U.N. resolution from
April.
That resolution requested
that the Houthis withdraw
from areas they seized and
surrender weapons they
took from military and state
institutions.
“That is the only solution
that is on the table; there
is nothing else,” said Yassin,
who along with the rest of
Yemen’s internationally rec-
ognized government is in
exile in Saudi Arabia.
Yemen’s conflict pits the
Iran-supported Houthi reb-
els and troops loyal to Saleh
against an array of forces
including southern separat-
ists, local and tribal militias,
Sunni Islamic militants as
well as troops loyal to Presi-
dent Abed Rabbo Mansour
Hadi.
The conflict escalated in
March when a Saudi-led
coalition started launch-
ing airstrikes against the
Houthis.q
Friday 28 August 2015
IS bombing kills 2 Iraqi army generals in Anbar
QASSIM ZAHRA spokesman said on state bar, and Brig. Gen. Sefeen and armed with two heavy
Associated Press television that 10 other sol- Abdul-Maguid, command- machine-guns carried out
BAGHDAD (AP) — An Islam- diers were wounded. The er of the 10th Army Division. the attack.
ic State suicide bomber officials spoke on condi- The two were later given a Tens of soldiers were killed,
killed two Iraqi army gen- tion of anonymity because military funeral at the De- including the two generals,
erals on Thursday as they they were not authorized fense Ministry in Baghdad it said without giving pre-
led forces against IS posi- to speak to the media. with Prime Minister Haider cise figures. The operation
tions in the turbulent Anbar The IS group captured Ra- al-Abadi and Defense Min- was designed to avenge
province west of Baghdad, madi in May and also con- ister Khaled al-Obeidi lead- the killing of a local com-
mander in Anbar it identi-
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, center, Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, center right, and fied as Abu Radi al-Ansari.
The Associated Press could
government officials and parliament members attend the funeral procession of Maj. Gen. not immediately verify the
authenticity of the state-
Abdul-Rahman Abu-Regheef, deputy chief of operations in Anbar and Brig. Gen. Sefeen Abdul- ment, but its language and
phrasing is consistent with
Maguid, commander of the 10th Army Division who was killed in Ramadi during fighting with past IS claims of responsi-
bility.
Islamic State militants, at the headquarters of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in Baghdad, Iraq, In neighboring Syria, mean-
while, IS militants seized five
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. (AP Photo) villages from rebel groups
in the north as part of an
military officials said. trols the nearby city of Fal- ing mourners. advance toward the stra-
They said the bomber lujah. An IS statement posted tegic town of Marea near
drove his explosives-laden A military statement read on Twitter accounts run by the Turkish border. The Syr-
vehicle into the advanc- on Iraqi state television supporters claimed respon- ian Observatory for Human
ing troops north of Anbar’s identified the two generals sibility for the attack, but Rights and other activist
provincial capital, Ramadi, as Maj. Gen. Abdul-Rah- gave a different account, groups said the IS carried
killing the two generals and man Abu-Regheef, deputy saying six fighters in four out a suicide bombing on
three soldiers. A military chief of operations in An- explosives-laden vehicles the outskirts of Marea amid
fierce fighting in the area.
The Turkish Dogan news
agency also reported re-
newed fighting between IS
and rebels across the bor-
der from Kilis and said the
U.S.-led coalition bombed
IS targets in the region.
Dogan video footage
showed a large plume of
smoke rising from across
the border.q
US strikes southern Afghan district seized by Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan providing further details. more than a dozen U.S. air- ghan security forces.
Afghan Army Brig. Gen. strikes hit targets in Musa The United States ended
(AP) — U.S. forces have Mohammad Rasool Zaizai Qala over the past three offensive combat opera-
said Afghan and allied days. The official was not tions in Afghanistan at the
launched multiple airstrikes warplanes struck army and authorized to publicly dis- end of 2014 but retains the
police headquarters in the cuss details and so spoke option to strike against ter-
on a district in southern Af- Musa Qala district in north- on condition of anonymity. rorist targets and in situa-
ern Helmand province Taliban spokesman Qari tions where the Taliban are
ghanistan seized by the Tal- Thursday, likely killing fight- Yousef says 30 civilians and deemed to pose a threat
ers and civilians. 10 fighters were killed, but to Afghan or allied forces.
iban the day before, U.S. He said it was not possible the Taliban often provide The U.S. recently launched
to confirm casualty figures unreliable figures. Taliban airstrikes at leaders of the
officials said Thursday. because insurgents control insurgents overran Musa Islamic State’s Afghan
the area. Qala on Wednesday after affiliate in northeastern
“U.S. forces conducted A U.S. defense official said a weeklong assault on Af- Afghanistan.q
airstrikes in Musa Qala
today against individu-
als threatening coalition
and Afghan forces,” Col.
Brian Tribus, a spokesman
for U.S. and allied forces in
Afghanistan, said without