A tribal mediation led by sheikh Hussein Al-Ahmer could put an end to the sporadic deadly battles between the Shiite 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" ...
Group and the Salafis, part of the Sunni Mohammedans, in north Yemen, which erupted coinciding with a UN-sponsored power-transfer deal in December, locals in Saada said on Sunday.
The two sides eagerly agreed to the terms of the mediation, which called for ceasing fire, removing all war positions, mutual respect of each other's religious beliefs and equal citizenship as all Yemeni people, the sources said by telephone.
| They eagerly agreed? The imps must be chipping ice off the heating fins in Hell. |
The sporadic battles , in which hundreds have been killed from both krazed killer groups in the Kitaf district and other areas reaching nearby Hajjah province, directly came to an end with the two groups vowing to put their disagreements aside and live together peacefully forever.
When the Yemeni parties signed the power-transfer deal, which saw former president relinquish power after 33 years in office, the Houthis and Salafis started to trade accusations of provocation and then fought each other.
The reasons behind the fight, according to spokesmen from the groups, included religious slogans and speeches including sermons by the Salafis who argued the Houthi people are not 'true Mohammedans'.
The Yemeni army fought the armed Houthi Group fought the Yemeni army six times in Saada province, the latest in 2009, on the grounds this group ordered its members to take arms against the authorities and that it received support from Iran to form a Shiite sect in the country.