Operation Blow to the Head

Operation Blow to the Head
	Part of the Houthi insurgency in Yemen (Operation Scorched Earth) and Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
	; The mud house in Saada.
Date	13 January–12 February 2010; (4 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Saada, Saada Governorate, Yemen16.985833°N 43.764444°E
Result	Truce
Belligerents
Yemen	Ansar Allah; al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Commanders and leaders
Ali Abdullah Saleh; Ali Raymi	Abdul-Malik al-Houthi; Abdullah Mehdar †
Casualties and losses
unknown	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.

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