PressTV-‘US, Israel behind Yemen terror attacks’

PressTV-‘US, Israel behind Yemen terror attacks’

Leader of Houthi fighters has accused the United States and the Israeli regime of being behind the recent terrorist attacks against the Yemeni people

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi made the remarks in a televised address on Sunday in reaction to the March 20 deadly attacks which targeted Yemeni worshippers at mosques.

Over 140 people were killed and more than 350 suffered injuries in three bomb attacks at the Badr mosque in southern Sana’a and the al-Hashoosh mosque in the northern part of the capital. The ISIL Takfiri terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attacks.Al-Houthi said some countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar are financing acts of terror in the Middle East region and beyond.

Calling on all Yemenis to rise up against terrorists groups in Yemen, he noted that the Yemeni people are not safe in any other place.

“Everyone is a target,” he added.

The Houthi leader said Yemen branches of the ISIL Takfiri group and al-Qaeda are trying to destabilize the country and make it insecure by targeting the Yemeni people.

The attacks show that the terrorists are unfamiliar with humane values, he said, adding that the attacks have uncovered the vicious nature of their perpetrators.

The attackers are seeking to humiliate the Yemeni people and force them to surrender, said al-Houthi, adding, “But they are of course mistaken.”

He further noted that the fugitive President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi is being used as a “puppet” to target the people in the country.

Hadi, along with members of Prime Minister Khaled Bahah’s cabinet, stepped down in late January, but the parliament did not approve his resignation. The president fled his home in Sana’a on February 21, after weeks under effective house arrest and went to Aden, Yemen’s second largest city in the south, where he officially withdrew his resignation and highlighted his intention to resume duties. This came weeks after the Houthi fighters took control of Sana’a in September 2014.