Operation Blow to the Head

Operation Blow to the Head
	Part of the Houthi insurgency in Yemen (Operation Scorched Earth)
	; A mud house in Saada.
Date	13 January–12 February 2010; (4 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Saada, Saada Governorate, Yemen16°59′09″N 43°45′52″E / 16.985833°N 43.764444°E
Result	Truce
Belligerents
Yemen	Ansar Allah
Commanders and leaders
Ali Abdullah Saleh; Ali Raymi	Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
Casualties and losses
unknown	24 killed; 25 captured
	class=notpageimage\| 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]

^ "Middle East - North Yemen calm after truce". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
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[truce-1] "Middle East - North Yemen calm after truce". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 2010-02-15.

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