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New Houthi political leader steps in after predecessor killed in airstrike
[AlMasdar] Mahdi al-Mashat, former director of the Houthis leader office, was sworn in as president of the Supreme Political Council in Sana’a on Wednesday, replacing former 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... political leader Saleh al-Samad who was killed in Saudi-led  last Thursday in Hodeidah.Mahdi al-Mashat took the oath, promising to "fully respect the interests and freedoms of people and to preserve the unity of the nation and its independence and territorial integrity." The Saudi-led bombing campaign continues 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...with US backing. The United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... estimated that more than 10,000 have been killed and more than three million people have been displaced since beginning of the war in March 2015. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-04-26 |
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