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| Houthis halt regional tour, to meet UN envoy |
| 2016-09-03 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemen’s Iran-backed 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... militia group discontinued its regional tour late on Thursday and instead headed to Muscat to meet with the UN envoy, the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency reported. After meeting with Iraqi President Fouad Masoum, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in Baghdad, the Houthis left for the Omani capital, Muscat, sources told Anadolu. The sources said the Houthis will be meeting the UN envoy to 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... Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who will be arriving in Muscat from New York on Saturday. The regional tour by Houthis is aimed at seeking backing for their unilateral declaration of a "political council" to administer the crisis-hit, cash-strapped Yemen, included Iraq, Iran and Leb. Peace talks On Aug. 6, peace talks between Yemen’s warring sides ‐ the Houthi militia and the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi - ended without bringing any breakthrough. Even before the Kuwait-based talks ended, Houthi militia and its allies in 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... ’s General People’s Congress party signed an agreement to set up the political council to run the country in late July, further jeopardizing any efforts to close the gap between the two sides. On his Twitter account, the Houthis’ spokesmen and head of its delegation Mohammed Abed al-Salam said "the delegation has returned to Muscat after an official visit to Iraq to open up horizons with the regional and international community, especially after the formation of the political council." Military escalation Meanwhile, ...back at the precinct house, Sergeant Maloney wasn't buying it. It was just too pat. The whole thing smelled phony, kind of like a dead mackeral but without the scales... the UN envoy told the Security Council that the military escalation in Yemen will provide opportunities for holy warrior groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS to spread, and warning that they will wreak havoc in many parts of Yemen. "However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... the absence of the state in many parts of Yemen, in addition to the chaos created by war, will continue to facilitate the expansion of the terrorist groups which represents a real threat to the region," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |