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| Truce in Amran takes into effect | |
| 2014-02-11 | |
| [Yemen Post] Saba news agency confirmed on Sunday that mediators managed, after much tossing and turning to negotiate a ceasefire in between al-Ahamr rustics and 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 America", Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews" ... gunnies in the northern province of Amran, located directly north of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a.
Ever since the end of October 2013, the Houthis, under the leadership of Abdel-Malek al-Houthi have launched an open war on Salafi gunnies and their affiliates on account they perceived the group as a direct threat to not only Yemen Shia Zaidi community but to an extent the nation as they alleged Salafi harbour links to dangerous radical terror groups in the region. Although Salafi always denied any wrong doing, strictly rejected the notion they were training gunnies for combat in the security and privacy of their Dar al Hadith religious centre in Dammaj (Sa'ada province), the Houthis nevertheless moved against their myrmidons, intent on driving them out of northern Yemen. Now well into Hashid territory and into al-Ahmar's fief (Yemen's most prominent tribal clan), the Houthis's recent advances have led them into the Amran province. For several weeks both the Houthis and al-Ahmar rustics have been engaged in a bitter battle for control which threatens to derail Yemen's power transition. For the enth time since October, President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi has managed to broker the terms of truce, hoping that this time it will stick. While President Hadi has so far refrained from deploying the armed forces, keen on diffusing the situation rather than escalating it, officials confirmed that troops would be deployed in certain areas as to guarantee that both factions will honour the terms of this truce and give mediator a chance to hash out a more permanent agreement. | |
| Posted by:Fred |