[Al Jazeera] 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...
rebels and forces loyal to the Yemeni government have accused each other of violating a ceasefire in the western city of Hodeidah, less than 24 hours after the UN-brokered agreement came into effect.
Residents reported shelling for nearly one hour on the eastern and southern outskirts of the Houthi-held city on Tuesday, whose strategic docks are the point of entry for 70 percent of imports for millions of Yemenis.
The Houthi-aligned Al Masirah TV network accused forces backed by the Saudi-UAE coalition of shelling several sites, including areas east of the airport.
Meanwhile,
...back at the secret hideout, Scarface Al sneeringly put his proposition to little Nell...
the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) news agency, WAM, quoting a Yemeni source, said that the Houthis fired mortar bombs and rockets at the May 22 hospital in the eastern suburbs.
"A total of 21 violations since the ceasefire commencement have come to our notice," a member of the Saudi-UAE coalition told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity.
"If the UN continues to drag the chain and take too long to get into the [military] theatre, they will lose the opportunity altogether ... and the agreement will turn into a dead duck".
The AFP reported early on Wednesday that the city was calm despite intermittent gunfire during the night.
"The situation is fragile and it's expected to be fragile for the next couple of days," said Hakim Almasmari, editor-in-chief of the 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...Post.
"But since UN representatives are expected to be on the ground pretty soon, these attacks will gradually disappear".
Meanwhile,
...back at the secret hideout, Scarface Al sneeringly put his proposition to little Nell...
residents in the capital told Al Jazeera that air attacks targeted the al-Dailami airbase in Sanaa, close to the capital's airport.
Sky News Arabia reported that the Saudi-UAE coalition destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a launch platform. Al Jazeera could not independently verify the report.