Exciting questions on the death of the Houthi leader Zakaria al-Shami
English - Monday 22 March 2021 الساعة 10:57 am
Sanaa, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
The announcement of the death of Zakaria Yahya al-Shami, a leader in the ranks of the Houthi militia, wanted number 4 in a list of 40 Houthi leaders wanted by the Arab coalition, raises many question marks that do not stop at the circumstances of the death or the timing of its announcement.
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While the militia’s media agreed to say that the death of Zakaria al-Shami - the son of Major General Yahya al-Shami, who is the de facto military commander of the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen - following an incurable illness, this statement lacks credibility given the man’s position as a (hypothetical) minister of the Ministry of Transport. In the government of Sana'a, and his ability to travel for treatment outside Yemen within the United Nations flights from Sana'a International Airport, which is under the scope of his (hypothetical) job specialization.
Likewise, Zakaria al-Shami's official activities announced until late February, and his daily appearance in the media do not support the premise of the incurable illness that he was supposed to have suffered and was absent from official work for weeks or months at the very least.
The announcement of the death of al-Shami Zakaria came amid news of the spread of the Corona virus Covid-19 in Sanaa among Houthi leaders and others benefiting from the Houthi militia, headed by Abdulaziz bin Habtoor, who was appointed by the militia as the head of the government in Sana'a, and the death coincided with the liquidation operations within the Houthi movement of sheikhs and leaders A tribal cooperating with it.
Residents in Sana'a are circulating information about casualties among a number of leaders of the Houthi militia in a series of raids by the Arab coalition aircraft that targeted the group's sites and camps in separate areas in Sana'a.
At dawn on Sunday, March 21, the Arab coalition launched a series of raids on the sites and camps of the Houthi militia in the capital, Sanaa, and Sana'a Governorate.
In November 2017, the Arab Coalition announced a list of 40 names of leaders and elements responsible for planning, implementing and supporting various terrorist activities in the Houthi terrorist group.
Zakaria al-Shami was assigned the task of mediating in Saada governorate between the official authorities and the Houthi militia during the period from 2006 to mid-2007 , and he was appointed as a representative of the Houthis in the membership of the Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference (Team Foundations for Building the Army and Security) in 2013 , before he was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff at the end of the year 2014 , and Minister of Transport in the Houthi militia government at the end of 2016.
