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| Houthis must end anti-government protests: UNSC |
| 2014-08-30 |
| [Iran Press TV] The United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... Security Council says the Yemeni 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" ... movement must end protests against the government. On Friday, the 15-member world body accused the Houthis of attempts "to obstruct the political transition." "The Houthis and others continue to stoke the conflict in the north in an attempt to obstruct the political transition," said the Security Council. The members also demanded that the Houthis pull out their fighters from the al-Jawf region "and remove the camps and dismantle the checkpoints they have erected in and around Sana'a." "The Security Council calls on the Houthis to withdraw their forces from Amran." The world body has threatened to impose sanctions on anyone who endangers the stability of the Arab country. Hundreds of thousands of the demonstrators have taken to the streets of the capital Sana'a, calling on the government to resign. Yemen's northwestern city of Amran, about 72 kilometers (45 miles) north of Sana'a, has also been under the Houthis' control since early July. |
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