The ’Ansar Allah’ launched a new airstrike on Saudi Arabia

On the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, an armed clash took place between the servicemen of the two countries. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan reports that more than 20 Kyrgyz servicemen were injured. The President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, chaired a meeting of the country’s Security Council, in a narrow format. He instructed to resolve the situation on the border with Tajikistan. In the morning there was a conflict between the locals. They threw stones at each other. The incident took place in the area of the ’Golovnoy’ water distribution point. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan consider it to be their water station.

The Deputy Head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, Rear-Admiral Alexander Karpov, said that the center achieved a ceasefire in the city of Qamishli, in Hasakah province, where a conflict between the Arab and Kurdish populations took place. Now the situation has stabilized. The street fighting between the Kurds and the ’National Defense Forces’, which are fighting on the side of the Syrian army, started on 20th of April. The local media reported that after the end of the fighting, the refugees began to return to the city. Both sides had casualties. Their number wasn’t reported. Several civilians were injured as well.

The ’Reuters’ reported that a US Navy patrol ship fired several warning shots when 3 ships, supposedly belonging to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, approached it in the Persian Gulf. The ’Reuters’ quoted the US military. It was reported that after the warning shots — the Iranian ships retreated to a safe distance from the US ships. Before the incident became known, a Pentagon spokesman, John Kirby, announced that the USA want to de-escalate the maritime tensions with Iran.

The Yemeni rebel movement ’Ansar Allah’ has launched a new air-strike against Saudi Arabia — the spokesman of ’Ansar Allah’, brigadier-general Yahya Saria, announced on Twitter. He explained that the actions of the rebels are «a response to the escalation of aggression, and the total siege of the Yemeni people».

Khmeimim airbase in Syria started the preparations for the air part of the ’Victory Day’ parade. Helicopter pilots from the Syrian army will take part in the parade together with the Russian air force pilots. Firstly the training will take place on the ground. The pilots train by moving one after another in order they will fly in the air later. The helicopters will fly over the airbase at intervals of 30 seconds. The Syrian helicopters will follow the Russian helicopters.

The commander of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Lieutenant-General Scott Miller, announced that the USA have started the preparations for the evacuation of the US military bases in Afghanistan — the Afghan mass-media reported. It was noted that the American forces «will hand over all their military bases to the Afghan army». Scott Miller warned that if the ’Taliban’ attack the US military, or any other coalition forces, the response will be sharp. Within the next 2 weeks, the US military plans to transfer 3 bases to Afghanistan, as well as a military airport in Kandahar province. Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS.