SANAA, Nov 15 (NNN-SABA) – A court, controlled by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, yesterday sentenced 21 men to death, for allegedly spying for the Saudi-led coalition, which backs the Yemeni government, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
Al-Masirah TV did not identify the defendants, but said, they are all Yemenis.
There was no comment yet from the coalition or the Yemeni government.
The ruling by the court, in the Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, was the latest in a series of closed-door trials of political opponents, held by the Houthis.
Yemen has been mired in civil war since the late 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthi group seized control of several northern provinces and forced the Saudi-backed government of President Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi out of Sanaa.
The Saudi-led military coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in Mar, 2015, to support Hadi’s government.
The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced nearly four million and pushed more than 20 million to the brink of famine.– NNN-SABA
