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| Yemen's Houthis release six foreign hostages |
| 2015-09-21 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Six foreign hostages have been released on Sunday after being held by 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... rebels in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa for more than five months, Al Arabiya News channel reported. The hostages boarded a plane and will be flying to the Gulf nation of Oman, which negotiated their release, the channel reported, in accordance with measures taken by 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... and the United States to facilitate their release. The hostages are three Americans, two Saudis and a Brit. They were all civilians, the channel said. Two more Saudi teachers remain held by Houthis, it added. "Upon a request from the U.S. government to help settle the issue of the American citizens held hostage in Yemen, the concerned authority coordinated with Yemeni authorities in Sanaa to release two U.S. citizens," a statement from Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. All of those released were taken onboard a Omani air force carrier back to Muscat where they will travel from back to their home countries, the statement added. Houthi officials refused to give the reasons for the detention of the hostages, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported. But at least one of them is a journalist, who was described as having "entered the country illegally" and "worked without notifying the authorities." |
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