Moqtada al-Sadr Buys Into the Chemical Weapons Rumor
Idiot, there’s no US troops in Sa’ada.
The internationalization of the conflict grows as a variety of regional players try to frame the conflict to their own advantage.
Sana’a, NewsYemen
The Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has said that Yemeni and US forces “are committing human rights violations in Saada” where confrontations between al-Houthi supporters and the army are ongoing.
Al-Sadr, who is the leader of Mahdi army in Iraq and after hiding four months ago, called the United Nations, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conference to intervene to stop violations in Saada which he said reached the use of “prevented weapons”.
Al-Sadr statement came after Yemen accused Iranian religious institutions of giving financial support to Shiite rebels who have been fighting government forces in northern Yemen.
We know that rebels receive funds from some Iranian religious institutions,” Interior Minister, Rashad al-Alimi told reporters Thursday.
Authorities accuse al-Houthi of trying to “invent relationship between what is happening in Iraq with events in Saada to get external support”.
