Aid theft sparked a dispute between Abdulmalik al-Houthi and his brother
English - Wednesday 15 July 2020 الساعة 12:35 pm
Sanaa, Newsyemen, private:
Sources close to the Houthi militia, revealed to Newsyemen about the retreat of the Houthi leader and the brother of the militia leader, Yahya Badr al-Din al-Houthi, who holds the position of Minister of Education in the militia government in his hometown of Saada governorate four months ago.
The sources attributed the reason for the Houthi retreat and his refusal to return to his duties as Minister of Education in the militia government to the differences that erupted between him and the Houthi leader and the Secretary-General of the so-called Supreme Council for Administration and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Houthis Abdulmohsen Al-Tawoos, and Ahmed Hamed appointed by the Houthis as director of the Office of the President of the Republic, manipulating humanitarian aid provided by United Nations organizations and other international organizations operating in Yemen.
In February, Yahya al-Houthi admitted, in a statement published by the Ministry of Education website, that his group was corrupt and plundered of food aid provided by international humanitarian organizations to Yemen.
He pointed out in the statement that the accusation of his group to international organizations, led by the World Food Program, of distributing corrupt food aid, is incorrect, describing the Supreme Council for the Administration and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs as "illegal".
Al-Houthi added, “The Council continues, through its Al-Masirah channel, its false allegations of distributing international food for corrupt aid,” noting that the Al-Masirah channel, which is the spokesperson for the Al-Houthi group, is not investigating the authenticity of the information, as he put it.
The sources said that after these statements, Yahya al-Houthi went to his hometown of Saada and met his brother, the leader of the Houthi militia Abdulmalik, and tried to obtain a position in support of him and critical of the corruption of the Al-Tawoos and Hamed, but his brother, despite his conviction of the accusations of his brother to the Houthi leaders, headed by Al-Tawoos and Hamed with corruption, did not respond to his request, he preferred silence, considering that any support for what his brother Yahya published would be a free guide for the media and opponents for the corruption of his group and the pillaging of aid.
The sources added that Yahya Al-Houthi refused to return to Sana'a to carry out his duties as Minister of Education in the militia government and insisted on retreating at his house in Saada, in response to his brother's betrayal of him and his identification with the corrupt leaders in the presidential office and the Relief Council.
The sources confirm that some Houthi leaders tried to mediate and persuade Yahya Al-Houthi to return to practice his work in the ministry, especially after setting the date for the tests for students of elementary and secondary certificates, but he refused to respond to mediation and insisted on staying in Saada.
According to the sources, the brother of the militia leader, Yahya al-Houthi, is one of the militia leaders who have raised many corruption cases, especially in the area of looting of relief aid, and that his retreat in Saada is only an attempt by him to appear fair and prove the credibility of his accusations that he published against Al-Tawoos and Hamed, especially after his brother betrayal and his refusal to adopt his point of view.
The issue of differences between Houthi leaders over the background of corruption, looting of aid and theft of public money is one of the most prominent issues that appear from time to time in the media and political arena, but militia leaders are quick to cover up and conceal them by fabricating other issues and crises.
