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2025-11-23 Arabia
Yemen’s Houthis sentence 17 to death over alleged spying for Israel, US, Saudis
[IsraelTimes] Amid large-scale crackdown, charges include recruitment of others that enabled strikes that caused deaths and major damage — a possible reference to Israeli bombings

A court operating under 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...
’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 Jews They 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 on Saturday sentenced 17 people to death for allegedly spying on behalf of Israel, the United States and Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
, rebel media said.

The Houthis’ Saba news agency said the court in the capital Sanaa had sentenced the 17 individuals in cases relating to "espionage cells within a spy network affiliated with the American, Israeli and Saudi intelligence."

It said they were sentenced to be executed by firing squad.

Lawyer Abdulbasit Ghazi, representing some of the defendants, said on Facebook that they can appeal the sentence.
Will it do them any good?
The charges included "colluding with foreign nations in a state of enmity with Yemen during the 2024-2025 period, namely Saudi Arabia, Britannia and America and spying for their interests through officers from those countries and from the Israeli Mosssd
...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...
" intelligence service.

The defendants were also accused of "incitement and aiding with the recruitment of a number of citizens... which led to the targeting of several military, security and civilian sites resulting in the death of dozens and widespread destruction of infrastructure."

A man and a woman were sentenced to 10 years in prison each, and another person was acquitted in the same case.

Israel has hit targets in Yemen repeatedly over the past two years in response to attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis on Israel, which the rebels said were in solidarity with Paleostinians in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip amid the war against the Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
terror group.

In the wake of the Israeli strikes, the Houthis have launched a widespread campaign of arrests targeting those it accuses of spying for Israel or the United States.

The crackdown intensified following an August strike that killed Houthi prime minister Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi and a series of ministers.
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