Armed men of the Saada-based 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" ...
group stormed lately on Tuesday night a number of houses in Saada and locked away
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
dozens of residents for unknown reasons, local sources said.
The sources affirmed that scores of Houthi fighters and armed vehicles stormed a village in Saada and took residents to unknown places.
According to locals, the residents were placed in durance vile
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
as they were affiliated to political sides that contradict the Houthi group.
Houthi faceless myrmidons threatened residents of areas after media outlets started to release news stories about violations practiced by the Houthi group.
The Houthi group that is accused of attempting to expand and take control on Saada, Hajja, Amran and other northern governorates with support of Iran implanted landmines and explosive devises in some areas of Hajja and that led to the killing and wounding of dozens during the past few months.
Media sources have stated the Houthi group conducted last in late May an arrest campaign against activists, politicians, teachers, students as well as football players in Saada.
Akhbar Alyawam newspaper quoted an officer of an international human rights
...not to be confused with
individual rights,mind you...
group operating in Yemen as saying that he had information about torture and violations practiced in private prisons of the Houthi group against its oppositionists.
Local sources affirmed that three teachers and five students were kidnapped by the group from Alsaeed education compound in Saada during the past two days, pointing out that they were taken to unknown places.
The Houthi group whose main slogan is "God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews" took control on Saada during the protest wave that hit Yemen in 2011.