... 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...has called for Dire Revenge against 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
rebels who took his father's life.
"I will lead the battle until the last Houthi is thrown out of 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...... the blood of my father will be hell ringing in the ears of Iran," Ahmed Ali Saleh was quoted as saying by Saudi-owned al-Ekhbariya TV on Tuesday.
He called for his father's backers to "take back Yemen from the Iranian Houthi militias".
Saleh was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade and gun attack on his vehicle at a checkpoint outside Sanaa on Monday. The Houthis said that he was targeted for "treason" after he cut ties with the rebels just days earlier and indicated he was open to talks with the Saudi-led coalition, which has been leading the fight against the Houthis since 2015.
The threat came as news surfaced that Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh, the former president's nephew, was also killed during festivities with the Houthi rebels
According to Rooters, a statement from Saleh's party on Tuesday confirmed that the senior military commander, whose fate had been unknown, was dead.
Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh was expected to lead the military operations against the Houthis, analysts recently told Al Jazeera.
Tense calm
There was a tense calm in Sanaa early on Tuesday, after the Saudi-led coalition launched at least 25 overnight air strikes on the capital city.
"People are now emerging from their houses after five days being locked down basically as prisoners," Jamie McGoldrick, the UN's humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, said during a briefing by phone in Sanaa.
"They are now seeking safety, moving their families in case things erupt again and at the same time seeking medical treatment and trying to pacify very terrified kids who have endured five days of relentless shelling, shooting and ground fire and air strikes."
Hakim al-Masmari, editor of the Yemen Post newspaper, told Al Jazeera that at least nine non-combatants were killed and many more injured in the overnight strikes.