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| UN Envoy to Yemen escapes assassination attempt |
| 2013-11-24 |
| [Yemen Post] A senior Interior Ministry official confirmed to the Yemen Post that UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar escaped an liquidation attempt Friday evening while his convoy was on Shurta St. of the capital Sanaa. A top National Dialogue official and 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" ... spokesperson Hasan Al-Hamran confirmed the attack on the UN envoy and the NDC secretary general to Yemen Post. The official said that National Dialogue Conference (NDC) Secretary General Dr Ahmed Ben Mubarak was with the UN envoy at the time of the attack. |
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