... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...and Aref al-Zouka in Sanaa in December 2017 said they were killed by a mediator named Abu al-Karar al-Washli, the website al-Mashhad al-Yemeni reported.
"The 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...
official who shot Saleh and Zouka with a Russian gun is named Abu al-Karar al-Washli and he was one of the mediators between Saleh and the Houthis at the time," the sources said.
"They were murdered using a Russian gun from a distance of 100 meters away from Saleh’s residence in al-Kumaim while (Saleh’s) car was leaving along with car which the mediator, the Houthi official, was in, and the latter opened fire after receiving a phone call from Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdel Salam," the sources also said.
According to the sources, showing photos of a dead Saleh in Sanhan was in compliance with the commands of Houthi leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi to intimidate the people of Sanhan and his tribe.
General People's Congress official Yasser al-Yamaneen had told the Russian Sputnik news agency that the Houthis killed Saleh and Zouka near (Saleh’s) house in al-Kumaim after General People's Congress officials betrayed him and denied the Houthis’ story that Saleh was killed in Sanhan.