...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
movement, which controls the north of 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...
, said on Friday that it had shot down a US-made spy drone near the border with the southwestern Saudi province of Aseer.
"The downed ScanEagle drone was conducting a reconnaissance mission," Houthi military front man Yahya Saria wrote on Twitter.
The Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out
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KABOOM!...
s against the Houthis at the internationally recognised Yemeni government’s request since March 2015.
In response, Houthis regularly attack Saudi border areas. In September, the attack on the kingdom’s oil facilities resulted in 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...
’s net oil output falling by half.