[RUDAW.NET] Thousands of supporters of the al-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...
rebel group demonstrated in 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...
on Monday in protest of the continuing war and humanitarian crisis in the country.
The protest came during a visit by the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
envoy to Yemen for talks with the Houthis and other leaders in a bid to forge a truce in the war-ravaged country.
The demonstration condemned the position of the UN towards the Yemenis and blamed the envoy for not doing enough to stop the war and lift the siege imposed by the Arab coalition.
"We condemn the international weakness. The United Nations has failed to achieve anything except for what was reached in Geneva. Beyond that it has done nothing to make Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
stop the bombing," said Ibrahim al-Obeidi, a Houthi commander in the Ansar Allah militia.