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Yemen: Jordan king warns
Israel on
Emirati troops push toward rebel-held capital city Jerusalem
ADAM SCHRECK est country in the grip of a holy site violence
humanitarian crisis and on
MAEVA BAMBUCK the brink of famine. Associated Press
On Monday, al-Kaabi told JERUSALEM (AP) — A sec-
Associated Press media crews during an ex- ond consecutive day of
clusive visit to UAE troops violence at Jerusalem’s
FORWARD OPERATING fighting on the ground in most sensitive holy site
Yemen, that the Saudi-led prompted a rare warn-
BASE SAFFER, Yemen (AP) coalition has secured the ing Monday from the king
city of Marib, the capital of of Jordan, the custodian
— As fighting rages on in Marib province. of the ancient sites, while
Marib and the southern an Israeli man died and
Yemen, troops from the port city of Aden, from several people were in-
which the rebels were ex- jured after attacks by
United Arab Emirates that pelled earlier this summer, rock-throwing Palestinians.
are the staging ground The holy site is a frequent
are part of a Saudi-led co- for the coalition’s two- flashpoint and its fate is a
pronged push for Sanaa, core issue at the heart of
alition battling Shiite rebels added al-Kaabi, who is the Israeli-Palestinian con-
leading the UAE forces in flict. Jordan, which has a
are pushing toward the Marib province. peace treaty with Israel,
But while in control of administers Muslim religious
country’s rebel-held capi- Marib city, about 200 kilo- affairs at the site, sacred
meters (125 miles) west of to both Jews and Muslims.
tal, Sanaa, after securing a Sanaa, the Emirati troops The compound is known to
face a difficult terrain of Jews as the Temple Mount,
strategic provincial city, the towering mountains be- site of the two biblical Jew-
tween them and the Ye- ish temples. Muslims revere
commander of an Emirati meni capital, said the Emi- it as the Noble Sanctuary,
rati commander.v Al-Kaabi where they believe the
contingent said Monday. Yemeni Gen. Abd al-Rab Qassim al-Shadadi speaks to his compared the area to the Prophet Muhammad as-
troops at a United Arab Emirates military base near Saffer, Ye- terrain in some parts of Af- cended to heaven.
They hope their campaign men, Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. As fighting rages on in Yemen, ghanistan, where Emirati Earlier Monday, Israeli po-
troops from the United Arab Emirates that are part of a Saudi-led forces contributed to the lice and Palestinian stone-
will push the rebels out and coalition battling Shiite rebels are pushing toward the country’s U.S.-led coalition.q throwers clashed for the
rebel-held capital, Sanaa, after securing a strategic provincial second day at the site.
help restore Yemen’s legiti- city, the commander of an Emirati contingent said Monday. Police spokeswoman Luba
Samri said protesters threw
mate government. Emirati (AP Photo/Adam Schreck) rocks at officers who en-
tered the area to ensure
Brig. Gen. Ali Saif al-Kaabi security. She said several
masked Palestinians sus-
told reporters during a visit pected of stone throwing
were arrested. Police also
to an Emirati base inside arrested protesters who
attacked a Jewish man,
Yemen that the coalition north. The Saudi-led co- ing southern separatists, lo- she said. The director of
alition launched its cam- cal and tribal militias, Sunni Al-Aqsa Mosque, Omar
forces were not “coming paign of airstrikes against Islamic militants as well as Kiswani, said dozens of
the Houthis in March. troops loyal to exiled Presi- people had stayed at the
to occupy Yemen.” The presence of troops dent Abed Rabbo Man- mosque overnight. He said
from the oil-rich Gulf states sour Hadi. Pro-government police “stormed” the area
The Emiratis are part of could be a game-changer forces recently pushed the on Monday morning, fir-
in the bitter war that pits Houthis out of several key ing tear gas and stun gre-
thousands of Saudi and the Houthis and troops southern areas in Yemen. nades and making several
loyal to former President The conflict has killed more arrests.q
UAE forces fighting on the Ali Abdullah Saleh against than 4,000 people, leav-
an array of forces, includ- ing the Arab world’s poor-
ground in Yemen to re-
verse the territorial gains
by the Iran-backed reb-
els known as Houthis, who
captured Sanaa last year
and much of the country’s
Egypt:
At least 12 killed when forces fire on Mexican tour
CAIRO (AP) — At least 12 the victims were still being was pursuing “terrorist ele- “did not have permits and
people were killed and 10 identified, and Foreign Min- ments” in the area and fired did not inform authorities,”
injured in Egypt’s south- istry personnel were work- on four cars that turned out Rasha Azazi, a spokesper-
western desert Sunday ing with the families of the to be carrying tourists, ac- son for the Egyptian Minis-
when security forces mis- victims. cording to Egypt’s Interior try of Tourism, told The As-
takenly fired on a group of Mexican President Enrique Ministry. sociated Press, adding that
Mexican tourists, Egyptian Pena Nieto posted a state- The ministry said the victims any trips to that area are
officials said. ment on his Twitter feed were Egyptian and Mexi- required to be cleared by
The Mexican Foreign Minis- Monday morning saying his can. officials.
try confirmed the incident government “condemns Egyptian officials claim the “They were not supposed
and said at least two of the these acts against our citi- safari convoy had wan- to be there,” she said, but
dead were Mexican na- zens” and demanding a dered into a restricted could not provide further
tionals. thorough investigation. area of the western desert. information on the circum-
It said in a statement that A joint military-police force The tour company involved stances of the shooting. q
