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Saudi Arabia moves mission to Aden
[ARABNEWS] A Yemeni government front man said on Thursday that the Saudi ambassador to Yemen would re-base his mission to the southern city of Aden, an apparent snub to the newly dominant Shiite Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... faction controlling the capital Sanaa. Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... joined Western states earlier this month in evacuating its embassy in Sanaa following a power grab by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. The envoy's move to Aden underlines Saudi support for the embattled Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi who fled to Aden last week after the Houthis forced him to step down and held him under house arrest in Sanaa for a month. But with Hadi gone, the Houthis, whose fighters now control large parts of Yemen, have been struggling to form a new government, and Hadi is seeking to set up a rival power center in Aden with loyalist army units and tribes. "The Saudi ambassador returned to Aden yesterday, together with GCC Secretary-General Abdullatif Al-Zayani and began today to pursue his mission officially in Aden," said Rajeh Badi, a front man for Hadi's government. Posted by: Fred 2015-02-27 |
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