Yemeni police have arrested an Algerian woman at Sanaa airport on suspicion of links with followers of slain rebel leader Hussein Badreddine al-Houthy. An official source said Thursday, "The authorities banned Badera Aishoush, a 50-year-old Algerian woman, from entering Yemen for security reasons." Police are currently interrogating Aishoush about the reason for her visit to Yemen, although she maintains that she is on a tourist trip. | Yemen being such a tourist hot-spot. |
The source said police suspect that one of Aishoush's sons participated in the fighting that pitted government forces against Houthy's followers in the northern province of Saada last year. Aishoush said she came to Yemen as a tourist and did not plan to visit her son, who is being held on charges of fighting with the rebels.
"Aishoush planned to stay in Yemen one and a half months, which raised the authorities' suspicions about the true motives of her visit," the source said.
| Probably wanted to bust sonny out of the joint. Being it's Yemen, a 50-year old woman had a good chance of succeeding. |