...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 have seized control of the Yemeni state's authorities and their resources in Sanaa and are aiming to seize their funds.
He said that the recent executions of leaders of the General People’s Congress party ‐ allied to slain 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...‐ has exposed alarming realities about the Houthis.
He said in a series of tweets: "The Houthis are holding onto power in Sanaa, and their grip on the state's income, estimated at $3.5 to $5 billion a year, is money spent only on its supporters and terrorist militias.
"Studies show that despite the war, the importation of cars into the areas of Houthi control and housing construction for its supporters is witnessing a big boom, of course funding is from the looted state treasury," he said in another tweet.