...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...
reinforcements in the Yemeni province of Hajjah on Saturday, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported.
According to military sources, the coalition targeted Houthi military vehicles carrying weapons and ammunition, headed toward Houthi-controlled fronts.
The Arab Coalition had announced earlier in May that it has launched an operation on Houthi military targets 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...
to "neutralize the ability of the Houthi militia to carry out acts of aggression."
The Coalition’s
s target weapons’ warehouses and Houthi posts in the Mountain of Attan in Sanaa.