...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...
militias back to the negotiating table.
Gargash’s statement comes on Sunday when he tweeted after finishing his briefing of members of the international diplomatic corps based in Abu Dhabi on the Arab Coalition operations to liberate the 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...port city of Hodeida from Houthi control.
"This operation is intentionally calibrated to help UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths in his difficult task to persuade the Houthis to unconditionally withdraw from Hodeida," Gargash said.
"We are at a turning point, because as long as the Houthis hold Hodeida, they will continue to impede the political process. We firmly believe that the liberation of Hodeida will pull the Houthis back to the negotiating table," he added.
The people of Hodeida, Gargash said, do not want to be governed by the Iranian-backed "religious Lion of Islams" adding that "they want to be free. The people of Hodeida and the coalition are intent on liberating the city because it will shorten the war".
"The Coalition has demonstrated an extraordinary amount of restraint in conducting its operations. We will continue to focus on our two main goals: to protect the flow of humanitarian aid
and to protect civilians," he concluded.