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| Arabia |
| GCC flays Houthi blitz, backs Hadi |
| 2015-01-22 |
| [ARABNEWS] GCC foreign ministers on Wednesday accused Shiite militia in Yemen of attempting to stage a "coup" against President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi, a day after 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... fighters seized the presidential palace. "The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council consider what happened in Sanaa on Tuesday... a coup against the legitimate authority," the ministers said in a statement following an emergency meeting in Riyadh. |
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