well. the physician. the common wisdom had. had a. very different. homework and then. i went and. had not met and then must hear. the story of muhammad budgie has long since ended to new zealand folklore he was a committed nationalist but served 4 years in the french army he deserted in 116

and joined a resistance group in the south of the country in the next few years that budgie took part in attacks against french military installations a wanted man the french colonial authorities tried but failed to track him down until he was eventually arrested on the far side of the chin is he in border. violence how does he feel libya will look at the scheme on a slip up if i don't see and let the that and that the chef that minute. them. duck budgie was executed not far from the town of his birth in central tunisia he faced a french firing squad on a march morning in 1904. the story goes that he refused to wear a blindfold opting instead to die in front of his family and supporters.

his execution only served to galvanize resistance to french colonial rule. where you don't tell if you need a moment after the trip can come and see me and made any difference and move on. when we've been there. the check in with our at our bed in the. vatican that's an advisory in my hand. from my. great deeds and that here in. unison internal politics went on hold at the outbreak of the 2nd world war in 1939 french in israel was ruled by the vichy government which collaborated with nazi germany in november 942 german troops moved in and became engaged in a series of battles with allied forces known as the tunisia campaign until the

german italian surrender in may 943 the chin is in for lack of fighters seize the opportunity to restock with weaponry and whenever possible fight the french not how about. oh well. one of. the legs of the negatives that a vein of. the naga attacks from french military installations continued throughout the 2nd world war. from the 3rd. set opinion will call it the fall of the limousine so it wasn't. any. time if the thought of being about a baby. with the. dollar.

if a luxury. but. only had been for you to. be. had them had the. roof we. had. to be. when the war ended in 1945 many of the world's colonies sought to separate themselves from their european masters by demanding independence including tunisia . as a french protectorate the country had its own government led by a chinese in business or hama cheney but in the early 1950 s. real power lay in france. also emerging as a powerful political force was the nationalist leader how people good people co-founder of the neo distort what.

he said to contain move on without him as a. fresh direct feedback. that the message that been. publicly about heat up the bins out of. what kind of madness of fish you're looking for that had a horrible day and. then and it's. any you know it's not us if it's some you know with no one seen the ballot and it decided to bother. me and what i need. to give peace a new crime scene oh i'm in bed. if i had been a minute. b.

. nowhere did. i mean a better country and syria as. some tunisian politicians sought to influence the for largest 3 resistance leaders so a dual strategy of politics plus violent dissent emerged leaflets in $100.00 rifles in the other. there in the cold in the somewhat new zone we think of them seem to untap the little think it's the material to see you all know that the woman said there was still had to move didn't. believe it or allowed them as a man and beheaded her assailant but mr fury i mean you couldn't. even given a swat on a family and helicopter they can number given the man who can is a. who has been reduced to incident a lady in a small. startup. helical most to laugh larry if

we're tears we'd have charlotte this year with way she was able to give. them. the bay i'm. in for as it were any type of government i'm losing more than one with a 1000000 but that is in addition a medal and if he had a car the stomach for largo were resistance fighters drawn mainly from the mountainous rule south of to lizzie 1954 their ranks had swelled to several 1000 with armed units attacking the farms of french settlers police stations and communication lines tying up tens of thousands of french troops even their name the felucca had different meanings for different people in the leg who were no one. and looted and when a greeting would net we know now what i'm up to record. there's

a belief that owners that the thought of. a title problem and now when the formula for lego in couldn't a lengthy lukman little we let you tiny fella has mars a lot of him and bought a tiny. tiny. percentage he heard a little less hell gentle but. even then he acts as me for the latina to. ask. i. will carry my head. up and. call me when they can then. i rapidly.

be. worth the. shabby deed that. let you try to fly. to see fat and. we'll have little. molly. with the readership for your blood. and for the better than. me and have a battle of. the fall are going to face an opposition that was better equipped better funded more experienced and had much greater numbers on paper the french army was a far superior force than the fall like a resistance but the tunisians had local knowledge and public support. but on their

site. at the same time france was fighting a losing battle in indochina later vietnam and their feel was that the 2 missing in resistance movement would in the same way become uncontrollable. a new generation of young for lack of recruits join the resistance inspired by the organizations leaders. the bus 100 mile one he says about the locals who don't know who new truly suicidal or really made them see his mother who are the realization or is it clear the maternal house had this block going to move and who uses lies in married and lives in their local we. really need a reason to her we should be a woman or lose been or are also all one has

a horse with his moves were our walk and work look we're not running on that amazing $1000000000.00 in labs then assume all me emotional flora calamus on how you know and how you can watch him or you know who can or who knows him as i do all kinds i learned to know her father her. joining the resistance was not the only option open to young men from the south of tunisia some even considered a career in the french army. some of the way out of joe now they met him at their height that it yeah the ash of thailand and everything but the actual and now glad you have. that you know yeah that is one energy to when you've got. headers we had a few good one i knew would do well about what the him she never or he didn't

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all the what a hobo. boosted by new recruits the fall like as most urgent challenge was sourcing weapons and finance to conduct their campaign the main gun smuggling routes was from eastern egypt across the expanse of libya and over the chimneys you border a broad network had been formed between the different national liberation movements in north africa sharing contacts strategy and local knowledge. as a result the military capability and expertise of the larger group transforming young man raised in the chain is in mountains into efficient fighting units. through the 1st class war never said i know. and hear him all he has i mean how is well you know him against someone in

a similar kind of 1000000 who are innocent you're going to say anything about insults are no one your corollary is not the intent i live. for i says one of then he would then he and so highly ominously i couldn't it is therefore my son's totem so i think mass what is then a little one are you sure have been elevated to be through it all to be 3 clearly you will a variant dooms if you will of where millennium will call it well laid out of him to go and get ready. yeah. and you. know from my. question if you're going to. own one model. despite keeping a low key presence there were occasions when for a lot of fighters would face french troops in open confrontation coming up the end

game to independence how these bloody battles resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. or said the man that said if. i got to get my men and then you know what. to strengthen the good you have to shoulder good all the more with your gums still fight against corruption. destroy new chiro church heroes like new who are about to refuse to $15000000.00 brian the achievement of heroes like him to showcase by the international ace award it shines a light on these heroes because the best way to fight a dark used to shine

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in the early 1950 s. for lago fighters of tunisia clashed with french soldiers who for several decades had occupied the country unlike a regular army the for larger were organized into small groups or cells each given individual roles each cell could blend with the surroundings farmers by day fighters by night. veterans of previous campaigns were tasked with training new recruits transforming young farm boys into fighting men. internal security was handled by a specialist unit charged with seeking out spies informants and french collaborators the price for enemy espionage was severe. gentleman and they wanted to see as you and i get to do i've not been away again. you want to see these decisions were sent from the leadership by secret messages.

say how long no home. no home a lot of them are seen. on the lot when i'm no i'll. walk to look. through our. little. thing it has. the full log of leadership was divided into 3 sections a policy unit which gave the organization overall political direction. next a strategic planning unit prepared operations whilst on the ground a field command would carry out attacks on their colonial opponents each section headed administrator keeping a record of activities for each region in the field this translated into

a focus on internal security and secrecy. where you would know you would. have when you are from ruin a little in our form but here are a little company. that has provided for those who would kill was. a real has. more to give you. this mythical bush. tracking down the for largo was a huge challenge for french soldiers they faced an enemy that merged perfectly with its surroundings. stopping and searching young men in rural areas yielded poor results and catching for lack of fighters red handed was near impossible.

now going about they got out only when i want to work out or not rather i never get . there but we know. them be a minority given our will no longer be coupled with the fisherman give gentlemens when the governor general. attempts to tell mr what it meant of. a man of power. to live in the union home or you would i say amen and then he can decide this 100 harmonically 30000 of them with his immediate whom who are his you know who must go i think with too little to no goodness but. them and. only that led me home yet. well if he has that live near you haven't talked to one after . the attacks then you're merely. a text that didn't make yet. c'mere than the kids had to be. while the fighting was

left and meant the support role of women was equally important. you. see if you begin to but already know the woman no woman no little book we had to. live. under. the law murder rather that kind of that kind of been there and no doubt it would motor movement. french efforts to destroy the for lack of by military means alone had failed. both sides recognized that france could only rule chinnis year by consent and with each french shell that failed engineers even saw oil that consent was drifting further away mean pile for lago operations continued unabated french troops discovered that

no town in the country was truly safe. we do it. for many. of the african and. a little bit. of a thumb and then fuck that. telling us a lot of fear about them for multiple little shock if. any member be it came in welcome come up here. and i didn't mean what he.

told me and i wouldn't know has nearly been a bash. the horrible to those in the can feel fear in the ember for book i'm feeling a limbo that. has its name i mean if i don't see what any of that. beer bottle asli how about the theatre. for a fee it is hard to know for. sure of them they're looking for some overhead but how. likely bahama now marlboro have a leg. to make believe in god has made me.

what special work by the side of the head that matter america can go to. for those who live to fight another day the early 1950 s. saw the for like a resistance ambushing french troops in locations throughout tunisia. and then make a motion and. then marco had. a shot they are called a lot of. cars a lot of fiesta. now here. at her or her i love my well. i'm aware here and over here from being a girl that i'm really being the last girl with a parrot plaid shirt but nowhere that he learned that will i get married and yet

when i've had yet no collateral or gallery can ever tell me. you're going to tell with barely an angle. easy meal something me of them that been another buyer here i don't do hourly in that i don't go aileen they were here and let me read trevor that am a letter well you know archipelago yeah. as well as taking part in face to face combat the full largo also employed specialist marksman. on this when the clinical term worth cons of concern has come and there's little think give the if the mc under the skin is issued an order so. we look in a circle we can little common folk well and. yet it isn't. one

of the had the work on the books some of those don't work gets a little long but you can list zuda. certainly still some of the berber some of the look at a. criticism a little goober who do little in a play to look at google a month later to get. the guns on them with a load a little daisy. oh my goodness really though i had my other ones that are. now may give him any and now but i want to cuff i let a piano be an up and down now no matter. or should come as if i can reliably impede my form of gotta get my man and then you know was ready all day yeah yeah yeah right about there now that. also targets were french satirise. cromemco mean mildred and that's just

us were it not. a good night out. and got some you got free to dispute claims beautifully written from an incredibly quick black woman i did try to correct him i'm going to be n 101 but even when i'm in my side it's time every year for the lack of any good movement a criminal threat of. a little how to convince a lot of. early if some a little to be on. of who was suppose you know doesn't let the so to. the village a tape. a letter be mccreesh a. label to feel in this one. none of it was the theatre on the earth nano submarine more on who lot of the bear who have the like

eyelash colors that are bad wished i would go there lee they lead me she. and was she there follow what you. are and the 3 for like the leaders representing different regions of tunisia to decide the settlers fate. of the now that man on the mark in the general us what and had more than one really more duty somehow to what mark what could work nearly as severe as will the be near with no harm seal that you will make the very clear the love. you. will need and will ask the temple as can handle for we don't move

but owners shall know micheel. our machines settle for governor. a mother's gold. limousine and do well for us. now to work another one let's not come for a book we're going to see a leg and those are. those are screen you and i'm to madrid to look around. talk a very quick 2nd really then they're going to marry a good route out of. general where we can share all michelle full nish however she should the calander mentally it clearly didn't get too much appears now and again over a big. rebound if we have our line of men and what they would are but the above will. be somehow. and we're looking for our 2nd have

with. gene aziz have created their own musical heritage as a way of passing on stories of the fall log on to the next generation. that are. now 3rd. version. of the at will grow that a bit more of our work as a topical time out of pure nancy words here meant bird appeared on that i never would approach. the clarinet some thought that he may only need to feel before all of that i don't know and when this forces the other to return as the why didn't i think so i mean a lot of hops you know and instead and then the bass does as in finance or any

meant to mr conan and that he needs against this backdrop of armed resistance and political pressure france agreed to come to the negotiating table the choice which in his ear was a simple one full independence or a political halfway house in which the french would retain key areas of influence like foreign affairs and defense these 2 options had the potential to cause a rift in china 01 nationalist leader how the broad sword compromise with the french his hardline political rivals would accept nothing less than complete independence. all the parties at the negotiating table also faced another problem what to do with the full largo you know wonders of our own. if you want to go with it if you. see you know covered it very well know that i'm not out of the. day.

that have. had to i'm not there we have up will be woodpeckers but. as how about them but not the from them some of the i think i went in with so we had. a visit from the french prime minister mendez falls was the probably used to the next step in the independence process decommissioning the for lockers weaponry. down with years of rounds. not others not to. send them. to do. has been destroyed if it be the the other maybe it was a part of the same scene i thought. favored handing over weapons and granting immunity to the resistance not all for

lack of fighters were convinced. one and somehow that wiped out the thought not have in their work to leave. the clear and i can admit. that would help if you get away. yet and i want to live out of that 5 other thing. was the time but it came in as a silly little. janie income a canoe someone. minima for the bad. news i should look and for what he said he had a vision and i'm sick and didn't seem to have the vision i think the show feel about that scene in the book astounds me you know how the most part of the it isn't anybody but and the little old me name comes home. you know the standard for some of us something kind of. thing i mean it's just leave heather. i

mean. as. soon as people have somewhat cutouts in their. home instead of. out of our homes. and then that i woke up at. first i had to make up for without i did. my room to get clearly. tired of an american woman hated it you got it can it let you get into your truck. bay that's why they're going to call me and i would head to stand. there. but leg heavy a. little out of hand why don't i want to be here now and then and then he said we read your post lad we said we really will be met out of how much trouble yet it had more to have complained of them as a much slower there remained one unresolved issue the future role in tunisia of

french settlers one felucca leader less weird took a hardline approach far less of a. walk to the. heart that i had. limited mccoll me an event that he didn't see that we should be a lot on him on about and can. be in the middle of mental illness with either we're sad about it but without a. clear whatever. the stockleigh definitely but we're going to give a. new hand afghanistan. far less what one would been a sauna. i need to. say you need

them to support you moods and would. you have to be them so can. lease a 1000000 selling if he'd leave the for coal hookham. them in a canal ole can one of the lead and then as us he left you in the middle of the year . at least have a bill a little heat or comparison a believer period see a scene you want i mean it has been reduced to a digit deep 3 who does share could work to. your new home. now. only now. in the fray. you selling out. will be different rather than. any and i think that. they have

a little. gentle shock i thought. by the one that got. a half an hour. and. then a. definite. on the 3rd of june 1955 chin is here finally broke the majority of its ties with france with the signing of an agreement in paris between the prime ministers of both countries this saw not only the beginnings of a new nation but also the repealing of the treaty of bardon so ending over 70 years of french colonial rule full independence would come within a year. who had been exiled in france returns triumphantly and was welcomed in the palace at carthage by the bay the monarch of tunis here but for some tunisians the deal did not go far enough. listed in for kiran how will it if appear that this one

comes off and seems even super clear to look the money at the the $0.02 a clearly this 50 let me know and this has been uses. for well ken would offer to. be had the difficulty of this one comes from seeing what a beautiful. what a bit of a play that what i mean that in a little for fear let them know what do not matter oliver b. and what a newton as soon as one of the soon as you do you feel moved a little some of the zombie fiddle from scene with a little some of those i'm going to some seem of the taliban to be lied to him and held dear and behind a leer and believe in god oh my god i'm a sound. in ceremony that one on one of the or bottom up when numbers come out of nowhere that i became one where it's at about my head i've been here big deal with 2 more. in the next episode division geneseo becomes a tinderbox of functional infighting nationalists call for more autonomy others are

willing to settle for less all the time the felucca many still own and threaten to georgian izzie into a new and bloody conflict. and i want to be happy i don't so much so that the destiny. of the. home is clear in the course they are in this time better than kenyon this is a movie of will be though it takes will give a good listener that i thought of for the eligible to slip. out and in the set are useful but give me. the dominion and your might to do wonders yet as appropriate appear to have a canoe the most horrid. the members. of the news who would go and listen to. that will hopefully they will witness in the moment and on the how are. we any of that have a scale. al-jazeera

world tells the dramatic story of the birth of a nation and how what political agreement reached my fronts into news you would spot the bitterest of few. this god. that's meant we were ok but rivalry conflict murder division 2 have tunisia the battle for independence on al-jazeera.

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heavy rain in from time to time north on and not to fairing too badly on sunday by monday much of new zealand will see some heavy spells of friday will bring that temperatures at around 18 degrees celsius i'm rather warmer and also pushing into southern parts of japan over the next couple of days and gradually making its way further east. our planet is feeling the heat of the climate an ecological emergency the world's leading scientists are warning of an existential crisis in the face of it reversible changes to be a white man's all be with you throughout us along varmint correspondent nick carr will have reports from the front lines of the crisis and showcase new solutions to help called by al-jazeera brings you a new weekly show climate s.o.s. was set up the facts on the science behind the issues affecting our planet's. you've been accused by several women of being detained you've been instructed to

confinement all the while you've framed from speaking to the media why are we trying to talk about islamic studies professor tonic. to al-jazeera about the ongoing great thank you sanctions against. this is al jazeera. hello i'm citizen this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up afghans register their votes in a presidential election mobbed by explosions and taliban threats not to take part.

hong kong place used water cannon to disperse protesters gathered to mark the 5th anniversary of the pro-democracy umbrella movement and zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe is finally laid to rest after a long time a dispute over whether he should be buried. i'm sorry it's rollitt the world athletics championships were christian coleman is the sprinting of dough how americans ease off its rivals and storms to victory in the 100 meters. polls have closed in afghanistan in an election marked by several taliban attacks and low voter turnout several polling stations did not open and some voters complained of not being registered preliminary results are not expected before the 17th and final results won't be announced until the following month tony berkeley

reports from the capital kabul. a city in lockdown the streets of kabul almost deserted on election day as polling stations open the biggest and tightest security operation ever in the capital was under way the taliban had warned people not to vote and it didn't take long before the group carried out its threats. encounters there were attacks around the city aimed at disrupting voting roads were blocked and lines of communication cut a mortar round was fired into the grounds of the school used for polling hospital confirm civilians had been killed and a number were injured elsewhere the taliban launch more attacks to north of kabul one in helmand and one in one the hard province no casualties were reported but a number of people were injured in a blast at a kandahar polling station it didn't deter some others from voting a lot of them despite all the hardships and violence we haven't lost hope we have

to vote and think about future generations this is afghanistan's falls presidential election government officials maintain the use of advanced technology and highly trained personnel are making these the freest elections to date but there were reports of some polling stations failing to open and voters complaining that they hadn't been registered i came here to choose a person who can help the poor of this country but they say i'm not registered to vote it's not right for the last presidential election 5 years ago there were queues of people waiting to vote at this polling station in central kabul on saturday it was a trickle and voting had to be extended it's a very slow we'll have to see. has extended for couple of hours we hope that people will come out and make that choice but as well as in security people have also become disillusioned with politics in afghanistan and the broken promises in failure to tackle corruption poverty unemployment and security international aid

agencies say the situation today is worse than 5 years ago though not everyone agrees. there is improvements being made we cannot deny that but there are some traits in our taliban decrease increase their attacks you know so there were other factors that affect it there are so many other factors that affect it more and bigger taliban attacks had been expected perhaps an indicator the group may be keeping its hardline element of peace while at the same time pushing a diplomatic strategy for resumption of peace talks with the u.s. they were abruptly canceled by president trump this month the election results will be announced on november the 7th but it's not just important who wins but whether the other candidates and all the other groups accept them and agree to work with them and in the fractured world of afghan politics that hasn't always been easy but in 2014 it only happened because of the strong arm tactics of the united states attorney berkeley al jazeera kabul when the vote in afghanistan comes just weeks

after talks between the united states and the taliban fell apart the u.s. has now spent 18 years in afghanistan its longest involvement ever in a foreign war alan fischer looks at what might lie ahead for u.s. afghan relations. 18 years more than $4000.00 american deaths and $800000000000.00 spent donald trump wants to significantly reduce the american military footprint in afghanistan there are $14000.00 troops there no but the threat from the taliban remains a significant one former u.s. ambassador to kabul says the u.s. is still there because each president looks for a quick way out by my count we have had 9 changes of policy in the 18 years we've been in afghanistan we don't convey consistency to anyone when we rethink our policy or pre 2 years so i have a problem with that the trumpet ministration but there was trouble bomba 5 changes of policy in the obama administration. come afghan president ashraf ghani

campaigned 5 years ago on the idea of peace talks with the taliban but he was sidelined is the group met negotiators in qatar a deal was close but in the week of the anniversary of the $911.00 attacks in the us donald trump called an end to the talks. first i'm concerned that they thought that they're to kill people in order to put themselves in a little better to go share that vision this administration has threatened to withhold 100000000 dollars in funding to afghanistan alleging government corruption and mismanagement in the run up to important presidential elections that has been seen by some as an implicit criticism of the cum president gani but not an endorsement of his main challenger abdullah abdullah one afghan expert says to the u.s. the process may be more important than the result for the traffic ministration they are simply looking for a candidate that wins the election and is free if and fair

a possible way as possible they want to have a president that is seeing with credibility and legitimacy by the afghan people it's very unlikely that's going to happen with donald trump insisting he has no intentions of restarting the peace talks in afghanistan and the new initiative will have to come from whoever wins the presidential election there and that means for the time being the war continues and so does the cost in money and lives alan fischer al jazeera washington. oh and i joined by having a former advisor to the afghan ministry of foreign affairs in kabul is now a research associate at the think tank chatham house thanks very much for coming in to talk a little bit about the afghan u.s. relations in a 2nd offense wanted to just chill down a little bit on the actual there for years i remember being in kabul and it was ballot stuffing and they were fake it's we've got this biometric voter registration system can we trust the spelling is certainly seen as an improvement to just referenced but obviously as a. as

a country that is not just exercising democracy is a new new new new phenomenon but the idea of literacy with these systems and capacity to run these particular administrative and management of such big undertakings i think that's still holding. you know it's building i think the other element that we have to remember is that just a few weeks ago there was a lot of doubt whether this election would go ahead indeed because of the dialogue with the taliban it has been delayed many times it was delayed before twice and. the only with the exception of prison honeys at the incumbent presidents cam that kept going at the campaigns actually one of the main tickets gave up campaigning altogether because they thought they would be some kind of a deal with the taliban and the americans and what's the point of this election in the end so we are where we are because of the background the tweets of president trump and all that but i think given that this is

a step ahead but people wanted all the parties involved in this election wanted something that would be better functionally than the ballot stuffing business metric is deafness to behead but there were issues with it today and i think the bigger issue was a lower award voter turnout which i think it will be the key challenge a good thing that's got something to do with the fact that you've got what you've got here saying i want to clear mandate there has to be a came and it's very difficult to govern and obviously there's been this partnership going on do you think that we're likely to think that or are we going to be in a similar position that low voter turnout and the vote doesn't really make any difference i think that the understanding i mean i'm working in the policy advice side of this as a researcher and independent researcher you know i speak to lots of people many stakeholders and i think there is an overall feeling including from the internationals that afghanistan needs a single president that this national unity government seems like a like

a cross. management thing that just happened over time and then nobody really thought about beyond that point and i think both of the nie and. the frontrunners as we see them have clearly said many many times they do not want the same arrangements again so they clearly want to be a one man president without having one of their hands tied as they constantly reference alan fischer there in his report was talking about the u.s. after relations and of course it was president trump that said that's the end of the peace talks is there or is there likely to be an impact on where we how we move forward who wins here because in the end the taliban or we said well it's a puppet administration we don't recognize when we talk to the americans do you think that if there was a different person to a shotgun it would make it it. i mean it's very difficult to say that 1st of all because the dialogue between the taliban and the afghans officially never took place so we didn't really get to see the dynamics of personalities but it's

certainly true that with the national unity government there was always a tension about you know who gets to be appointed as this negotiating team by the afghan government so whoever comes in if they have a clear mandate and they don't have to constantly over do overtures to the other party within the government the you could possibly see a bit more clarity i think with the americans as well they will probably be able to manage the afghan government relationship better so i hope that there is a clear winner and that we don't go into a crisis mode that we did last time because i think my bigger worry is not even the voter turnout is the fact that what if there's a dispute who's going to mediate we haven't really talked about that there's not been much talk on who really is an acceptable mediator we don't i don't expect president says ministration to behave in the same way that president obama's admission did because a lot of equations are not there anymore but hopefully you know afghans of come out we have to remember this is about a country overthrow of over 35000000 people resilient people and i think they

deserve a lot better and they've risked coming out absolutely thank you so much for joining us how many talking me thanks very much for coming in yemenis hooty rebels say they forced thousands of enemy troops to surrender after a cross border military campaign that her days have been targeting the southern saudi region of natural agreement with the group claims to have captured saudi military officers as well as hundreds of troops and weapons the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen has been fighting the who thinks for more than 4 years they have not commented on the claims or are largely men were outlawed thousands of. been captured as prisoners others were killed from among the prisoners is a large number of high ranking officers and soldiers of saudi citizenship.