Operation Blow to the Head | |||||||
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Part of the Houthi insurgency in Yemen (Operation Scorched Earth) | |||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
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24 killed 25 captured | ||||||
Location within Yemen |
Operation Blow to the Head was a Yemeni military operation against the militants in the insurgent Yemeni town of Saada in the Saada Governorate. The Yemeni government troops began trying to capture the town on 13 January 2010. On that day, the Islamic militant Abdullah Mehdar was killed by Yemeni security forces.[2]
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