{"id":6801,"date":"2016-09-23T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T16:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.munkhafadat.info\/blog\/?p=6801"},"modified":"2017-02-04T18:26:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T18:26:50","slug":"yemens-houthi-forces-attack-eritreas-airport-navy-base-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/news\/yemens-houthi-forces-attack-eritreas-airport-navy-base-rebels\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemen\u2019s Houthi forces attack Eritrea\u2019s Airport, Navy base : rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cartouche\">\n<div class=\"surlignable\">\n<p class=\"crayon article-titre-60311 \">By Tesfa-Alem Tekle<br \/>\nSeptember 21, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) \u2013 An Eritrean opposition group, Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) on Wednesday said that Yemen\u2019s Houthi group have attacked the international Airport of Assab, a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Houthi Shiite rebel carries his weapon as he joins others to protest against Saudi-led airstrikes at a rally in Sanaa, Yemen on 1 April 2015 (Photo: AP\/Hani Mohamed)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ibrahim Haron, leader of the armed opposition group told Sudan Tribune that Houthi forces stationed in the island of Hanish and Zagar have also attacked the headquarters of the Eritrean naval forces in Assab by firing mortar rockets thereby causing a serious damage.<br \/>\nThe attack comes days after reports disclosed that Saudi Arabia has transferred some 5,000 Yemeni militants to Eritrea for military exercise in the Red Sea country.<br \/>\nAccording to the reports, Riyadh is transferring the militants from Aden to Eritrea\u2019s Assab port to go under military trainings and then be sent to the Saudi provinces bordering Yemen to back the Saudi led war in Yemen.<br \/>\nThe Eritrean government has dismissed the reports saying \u201ca preposterous lie peddled for some ulterior motives\u201d<br \/>\nThe opposition leader said Eritrean authorities have imposed a tight security cordon in the areas following Monday\u2019s attack.<br \/>\nIbrahim said Eritrea government motive to cooperate with the Saudi-led coalition is because Asmara has a long standing border dispute with Yemen.<br \/>\nThe countries had previously engaged in a bitter war with Yemen over the disputed Islands of Hanish and Zagar.<br \/>\nIn 1998, the international Tribunal of the international Committee ruled the islands in favour of Yemen; Eritrea however refused to accept the ruling.<br \/>\nHe added that Eritrea had been serving as a base for military training for anti-Yemen groups in order to create destabilization and instability in Yemen and in the region at large.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen the situation in Yemen changed and appeared new events and the emergence of coalition forces, Eritrea favoured the Arab coalition to ensure financial, political and military gains\u201d Ibrahim told Sudan Tribune by telephone from the Eritrean-Ethiopian common border.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ERITREAN PILOT DEFECTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Eritrean opposition group today alleged that an Eritrean Air force pilot has defected to Saudi Arabia by flying a military Aircraft.<br \/>\nAccording to opposition officials, the Eritrean pilot defected on Tuesday along with his two aides becoming the latest members of the Eritrean Air force to defect from the reclusive east African Sea nation.<br \/>\nThe Captain pilot and two of his aides flew to Jizan region in south of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<br \/>\nThe defectors have asked for political asylum but it is not yet clear if the kingdom has grant them an asylum.<br \/>\nIbrahim said the latest defection is a big blow to President Isaias Afeworki led regime.<br \/>\nHe says it is an apparent sign of growing discontent of the air force personnel and the military against the oppressive region.<br \/>\nIn previous years, there have been defections in thousands from the Eritrean army, navy and air forces as the regime retains grip on power for over two-decades.<br \/>\nPresident Isaias has been in power since the country gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0SUDAN TRIBUNE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 21, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) \u2013 An Eritrean opposition group, Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) on Wednesday said that Yemen\u2019s Houthi group have attacked the international Airport of Assab, a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. 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