...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 say at least four civilians, including a child, have been killed in an air raid by a Saudi-led coalition that struck a vehicle as it travelled through the country's northwest.
The attack reportedly took place on Sunday in the Bani Hassan district of Abs province in Hajjah, some 200km west of the capital, Sanaa.
Al Masirah, a TV channel affiliated with the Houthis - a group of rebels who control most of north and central 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...- said all four of the passengers were killed.
It published photos on its website of a bombed-out vehicle and the dismembered body of two of the victims.
Al Jazeera could not independently verify the claims.
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...
has been bombing Yemen since March 2015 after the Houthis swept across the country and toppled the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has also carried out bombing campaigns in an attempt to reverse their gains and has deployed more than 1,000 Emirati troops throughout the country.
Saudi air raids have repeatedly struck civilian targets during the three-year war, with the Yemen Data Project, an independent monitor, reporting more than 50 air raids against civilian cars and buses this year.
Its findings have also revealed that nearly one-third of the 16,000 air raids carried out on Yemen since March 2015 have struck non-military sites, including weddings, funerals, hospitals as well as water and electricity plants.
The Saudi-UAE military alliance has acknowledged mistakes in air operations but has mostly defended its record.
It has denied deliberately targeting civilians but has faced mounting criticism following a recent air attack on a school bus that killed 40 children.
The United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
has repeatedly criticised the alliance's bombing campaign and last year placed it on a blacklist of child rights violators.