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| Franco-Tunisian woman hostage in Yemen freed and taken to Oman |
| 2016-10-04 |
| [MIDDLEEASTEYE.NET] A Franco-Tunisian Red Thingy staffer kidnapped 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... almost a year ago was freed on Monday and taken to Muscat, the Omani foreign ministry said. The International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) in Yemen confirmed in a tweet that Nourane Houas had been freed. Nourane Houas, a staffer with the ICRC's humanitarian protection programme in Yemen, was kidnapped in 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... rebel-held capital Sanaa in December 2015. |
| Posted by:Fred |