...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...
rebels are continuing to violate a UN-imposed arms embargo 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...
and to recruit children to fight in the seven-year war, according to a report provided to the Security Council and published today.
In an annual report, a panel of UN experts says it has concluded that "all military and paramilitary forces loyal to the Sanaa-based authorities fall under this definition" of having violated the arms embargo. The rebels control the capital Sanaa.
The 300-page report says the Houthis have continued "to source critical components for their weapon systems from companies in Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and Asia, using a complex network of intermediaries to obscure the chain of custody."
It says that "most types of uncrewed aerial vehicles, waterborne improvised bombs and short-range rockets are assembled in Houthi-controlled areas."
Components such as engines and electronics, the report says, "are sourced from abroad using a complex network of intermediaries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia."
The report doesn’t confirm frequent US and Saudi allegations that Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....is directly involved in the violations.
Tehran admits it supports the Houthis politically but denies it has helped them obtain arms.
The experts say evidence shows that weapons components and other military equipment "continue to be supplied overland to the Houthi forces by individuals and entities based in Oman."
Oman, which shares a border with Yemen, is the only country in the region other than Iran to maintain official links with the Houthi.
The report also said waterborne improvised bombs were being launched from Houthi-controlled areas with increasing frequency over the past year.