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| Report: Yemen Houthis fighting for Assad in Syria | |
| 2013-06-01 | |
| [Jpost] 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" ... rebels arrive to Syria through Hezbollah camps in Leb. Yemen Shi'ite Houthi rebels are fighting alongside Syrian president Bashir al-Assad's forces in Syria according to a a report on Thursday in the London based daily Asharq Al-Awsat. A Yemeni official told the paper that hundreds of Houthi rebels are fighting in Syria and they view the fighting there as a "holy jihad." The source said that the fighters first travel to Hezbollah camps in Leb and then cross the border into Syria. "The arrival of Houthi fighters in Syria coincided with the announcement of Hezbollah's involvement in the fighting alongside the Syrian regime," said the source.
He said they "would use Iranian documents to travel from Damascus so that Yemeni authorities would not know where they had been when they returned home." The source added that Iran is using two Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... n islands in the Red Sea for training purposes and to store weapons for the Houthi rebels. Last week 200 Houthi fighters left Yemen to fight in Syria, according to the report. Houthis are Shi'ite Moslems from the Zaydi branch, believing up until the 5th Imam, Zayd ibn Ali. Most Shi'ites are twelver Shia, as is that of the leadership of Iran, which believe that there were twelve divinely guided leaders (Imams), descendants from the prophet Muhammad and his daughter Fatimah and her husband Ali. The Houthis have been fighting a rebellion from their base in northern Yemen since 2004 with a number of cease-fires and mediation attempts. Yemen's government blames Iran for arming and supporting the Houthis. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 who cares! more of them deaf sounds like a winner all way round. |
| Posted by: chris 2013-06-01 14:46 |