...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...
Ansarullah movement says the country’s former president, former 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..., "was not honest" in his confrontation with the Saudi-led military coalition as he was collaborating covertly with Riyadh, describing Saleh’s era as the "worst" in Yemen’s history.
Mohammad al-Bukhaiti, a top figure in the Political Council of Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Monday, hours after Saleh was killed in festivities between his militia and the Houthi fighters on the outskirt of the capital Sana’a.
The Houthi official described the death of Saleh on Monday as a landmark and major turning point in Yemen’s history since a "dangerous plot against the nation" had been foiled by Yemeni forces.
"Today 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...is witnessing a historic phase, maybe one of the most historic phases, one of the most historic phases. The most dangerous conspiracy against these people was toppled," he added.
"We also have the end of the era of Saleh which was the worst era in the history of Yemen. We have entered a new phase. I would add that we have filled the gaps inside the country," he noted.
"Because Saleh wasn't honest in confronting the aggression, he was collaborating with this aggression secretly and not publicly or overtly," he added.
"We were correct when we accused Saleh of conspiring. We were also honest when we said that Saleh isn't participating in confronting the aggression, and using the card of internal sedition in Yemen will have an impact in confronting the aggression," he noted.
"Despite internal sedition, despite all this, the front against the aggression has not been affected... despite many of the fighters being preoccupied by defusing this sedition," he further said.
"This shows that those fighting the aggression are the Yemeni people led by Leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. And there is a popular will in confronting this aggression and against this aggression. Were it not for a popular will.. a real popular will... we will not have succeeded in persevering against this foreign aggression and amidst the political divisions and sedition," he further stated.