Yemeni Rebels Say Chief Abdelmalek Al-Huthi’s Brother ‘Assassinated’
The rebels did not provide any further details on the alleged killing, but said they would do everything "to pursue the criminal aggressors" responsible and bring them to justice.
Sanaa, August 9: The brother of Yemeni rebel chief Abdelmalek al-Huthi has been "assassinated", the insurgents' TV channel Al-Masirah reported Friday. "The martyr Ibrahim Badreddine Amir al-Din al-Huthi has been assassinated at the hands of traitors" working for the Saudi-led coalition, the Huthi rebels said in a statement carried by the channel. Yemen's internationally-recognised government is backed by a Saudi-led military coalition against the Huthis, which are aligned with Iran in a war that has been ongoing for more than four years.
The rebels did not provide any further details on the alleged killing, but said they would do everything "to pursue the criminal aggressors" responsible and bring them to justice. Yemeni Rebel Attack on Saudi's Abha Airport, 1 Dead, 21 Injured.
A Yemeni security source, who declined to be named, told AFP that Ibrahim al-Huthi was close to his brother and was the rebels' commander for Saada, the Huthi stronghold in northern Yemen which borders Saudi Arabia. Yemen's war has killed tens of thousands of people, including numerous civilians, according to various humanitarian organisations.
Around 3.3 million people are displaced and 24.1 million -- more than two thirds of the population -- are in need of aid, according to the UN, which views Yemen's humanitarian crisis as the worst in the world.
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