ISIS to join Saudis in battle against Yemen

Rasa - ISIS released a video on YouTube declaring its official presence in war-torn Yemen.

News ID: 2408

Date: 26 April 2015 - 15:57

RNA - ISIS released a video on YouTube declaring its official presence in war-torn Yemen.

Like most Islamic State (IS, former ISIS/ISIL) videos, the 9-minute-long clip was professionally shot and edited - with CGs and catchy background music.

It showed around two dozen IS fighters in full military gear training in the desert area, which is claimed to be located near the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.

The Takfiri militants carried AK-47s, heavy machine guns and RPGs and then fired from some of their weapons.

After that, the apparent commander of the group stuck the black IS flag into the sand and pronounced that the “soldiers of the Caliphate" have arrived in Yemen to “cut the throats” of the Houthis, the International Business Times reported.

He then addressed all able-bodied men in Yemen to join him the battle against the Houthis.

Analysts believe the video seems to be a propaganda as IS wing in Yemen has long been present in the country and has been fighting the Houthi fighters alongside al-Qaeeda and other Takfiri terrorist groups.

Saudi Arabia launched its air campaign against Yemen on March 26 - without a United Nations mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

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