...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...
rebels killed five people and maimed 18 early Tuesday as they struck a residential area in government stronghold Marib, medical sources said.
State-run news agency Saba gave the same corpse count, but reported that 22 people were maimed in unguided rocket strikes it blamed on the Iran-allied rebels.
The war in 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...pitches the internationally recognised government of Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and a Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi fighters.
The conflict has left nearly 10,000 people dead and more than 55,000 maimed, according to the World Health Organization.
More than 2,200 others have died from cholera and millions are on the verge of famine in what the United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
says is the world's gravest humanitarian crisis.