...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
militia fell in Saada, the Houthi stronghold near the Saudi-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...
i border.
The coalition’s spokesperson Col. Turki al-Maliki said the two missiles were fired on Friday morning, adding that the Houthi militia continues to violate international humanitarian law by sporadically firing missiles which fall on civilians and threaten lives.
Al-Maliki also said that the Arab Coalition continues to take strict and deterrent action to neutralize and destroy the Houthi ballistic capabilities and protect civilians in Yemen and protect regional and international security.
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