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2026-08-14 Cyber
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X suspends Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree’s account amid regional escalation
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[IsraelTimes] Social media platform says account used to claim attacks by Yemeni rebels violated its rules, but doesn’t specify how; Yemeni government soldier killed as Houthi attacks intensify
X suspended the account of 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...
military front man Yahya Saree on Thursday for violating the platform’s rules, amid the Iran-backed 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 group’s attacks on Yemeni government forces, 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...
and commercial shipping.
The account had around 121,000 followers. X did not specify which rules had been breached.
"X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules," a message on the platform said.
Saree is one of the Houthis’ most prominent public faces and regularly used social media to announce and claim the group’s military operations. In recent weeks, he claimed missile and dronezaps on Yemeni government forces, Saudi infrastructure and oil tankers in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
His suspension came as fighting intensified again in Yemen. At least one Yemeni government soldier was killed in overnight festivities in Taiz, Yemeni military officials said, according to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
Elsewhere, several tribal leaders in the central province of Marib said the Yemeni army artillery targeted overnight Houthi movements.
The Houthis had been hitting government-held areas with drones and missiles, saying they had been targeting military forces and warehouses.
On Tuesday, they hit a commercial ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, which killed six people.
Three Paks were among the dead in the ship attack, and Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that one of its nationals was missing after the attack and two were maimed.
With the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut down by Iran, there has been a renewed focus on the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait at Yemen’s southern tip, which is an alternate route for Saudi Arabia to ship its oil.
The Houthis have also stepped up attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia, whose government supports Yemen’s internationally recognized authorities. Last week, Houthi missile and drone attacks killed at least 58 Yemeni government troops in Yemen, as separate attacks maimed 11 civilians in Saudi Arabia, in one of the deadliest escalations in Yemen’s conflict in years.
The group has additionally declared a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia and claimed attacks on Saudi oil tankers and other vessels in the Red Sea, a strategically important shipping route that has taken on greater significance amid the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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