...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...
’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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...
rebels have ordered all US and British staff of the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
and its agencies to leave the country within a month, a UN official tells AFP.
In a letter dated January 20 and shared on social media, the authorities in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa told the UN resident coordinator that employees with British and US nationality had one month to "prepare to leave the country."
"They must be ready to leave as soon as the deadline expires," the document said, adding that 24 hours’ notice would be given by letter.
While they only control a fraction of Yemen’s territory, the Houthis hold sway over most of the country’s population centers.
A UN official confirmed to AFP that they had received the memo.
"The UN and its partners have taken note of this and are waiting to see what are the next steps," said the official, who asked to remain anonymous.
Peter Hawkins, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, is himself British.
The expulsion followed joint strikes by the United States and Britannia against the Houthis aimed at ending the group’s attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, threatening global trade.
The United States has launched multiple further strikes and on Tuesday carried out a second set of joint strikes with Britannia.
Last week, Washington redesignated the Houthis a "global terrorist group," having lifted it in 2021 to ease aid delivery to the impoverished country.