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Gargash to Houthis: Your goals are despicable, your threat reveals despair
 [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, said on Friday that the 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... statements threatening to target the UAE and its capital proves why the Operation Decisive Storm was needed. "The Iranian-backed militias are really dangerous and have vile objectives," he said in a series of tweets Friday morning. Gargash added that the Decisive Storm was launched after realizing the danger of shifting strategic balance, which is confirmed by these Houthi threats. He stressed that the Arab alliance is fighting a necessary battle for the future of the region. "We are not afraid of the Houthi threats and stupidity; it reveals the desperation of those who defend fragmented illusions, and it certainly reveals the intentions for the Arabian Gulf region security and stability," Gargash wrote. The UAE minister also said that the challenges we are facing requires more solidarity among Arab countries. He said that the Arab coalition is an example of this solidarity. Gargash’s tweets came hours after open threats made by Houthi militia leader, Abdel-Malek al-Houthi. In a speech broadcast by pro-coup al-Maseera channel in Yemen, Abdel-Malek al-Houthi threatened to bomb areas in neighboring countries with missiles, targeting oil ships on the international shipping lines opposite to the Yemeni coast if the legitimate and coalition forces made move toward Hodeidah. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-16 |
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