Pictures of Tariq Saleh, Awadh al-Zoka raise dispute among Houthi militias

English - Monday 17 June 2019 الساعة 06:54 pm
Sana'a – NewsYemen.net

Informed sources said to Newsyemen that disputes erupted among Houthi leaders over a picture gathered Aref Awadh al-Zoka, the son of the martyr Aref al-Zoka, the Secretary General of the General People's Congress, beside the Brigadier General the commander of the National Resistance Forces, the Guards of the Republic, on the West Coast.  

The Standing Committee of the General People's Congress (GPC) held in Sana'a and approved the election of Awadh Aref Al-Zoka as a member at the General Committee of the Conference, at the Political Office, within a group of leaders elected at the meeting, including Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was elected as deputy chairman of the GPC party.

According to the sources who spoke to NewsYemen, the Houthi militias contacted with members of the GPC after the spread of the picture beside the Brigadier Tareq Saleh, and asked them to issue a statement declaring the GPC has no relation with Awadh. The picture's subject was rejected by the GPC members as it is a matter related to the GPC party itself and have nothing to do with this.  

The picture of Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh gathered him with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and King of Jordan at the economic meeting in Abu Dhabi, held in Ramadan, also raised differences among the militias.