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Houthi leader hints at ‘understandings’ with Saudi Arabia
[AA.TR] A prominent 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... leader has hinted at "understandings" with 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... with a view to ending the raging conflict in Yemen. Saleh al-Sammad said that a current "state of calm" along the Yemeni-Saudi border helps pave the way for halting the war in Yemen. "We will not turn our back to any understandings or initiatives aimed at halting the war," Sammad wrote on his Facebook page. Last week, a Saudi-led coalition that has been pounding Houthi positions in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... since 2015 announced a prisoner swap deal with the Shia group. In a statement, the coalition said Yemeni tribal figures have sought to create a state of calm along the Saudi-Yemeni border to allow medical and aid material into Yemeni villages. Sammad, who is a top leader in the Houthi group, claimed that the prisoner swap was initiated by the Houthis. "We don’t mind using these initiatives to create a channel of communication with the other side to listen to their viewpoints and create mechanisms that lead to dialogue," he said. Yemen has remained in turmoil since September 2014, when the Houthis and allied forces of former President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... overran capital Sanaa and other parts of the country, forcing President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and his government to flee to Saudi Arabia. Posted by: Fred 2016-03-15 |
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