The first beginnings of the Houthi movement as an armed terrorist movement
English - Sunday 13 February 2022 الساعة 08:01 am
Sana'a, NewsYemen, Muhammad Yahya:
Badr al-Din al-Houthi, the founding father of the armed terrorist movement, was one of the founders of the Zaidi scholars of the "Haq" party in 1990, along with a number of religious and political dynastic figures, and because the ideological party includes a number of scholars of the Zaidi sect, his activity was not only political, but also educational. The party established a number of religious institutes, the most famous of which are the Al-Samawi Institute in Saada and the Badr Institute in Sana'a, in addition to establishing summer camps for youth.
And because the party also has sectarian and dynastic orientations, since its inception, it has received secret support from Tehran, and its leaders have received invitations to Iran on various occasions, and the party, with Iranian support, has sent a number of its members to study in Iran and southern Lebanon.
Hussein, the eldest son of Badr al-Din al-Houthi, who also belongs to the "Al-Haq" party, had established with others in 1993, the first summer camp for youth in the Hamzat area of Saada, within camps called "Believing Youth" camps.
In the mid-nineties, Hussein al-Houthi left for Sudan, after receiving a scholarship to study a master's, but he soon moved to the southern suburbs of Lebanon to study Twelver Shiite thought, and political studies in the Khomeinist sectarian revolution.
On his return to Yemen in 2000, a dispute began between him and some of the founders of the "believing youth" camps, including Muhammad Azzan. These camps split in 2002, and Hussein al-Houthi established his own institute, in which he adopted study materials for Twelver Shi'ite thought and the Khomeinist revolution.
In view of the relationship of Iran, which supports Al-Houthi with the Qatari regime, Al-Houthi received secret support for his institute from the Qatari embassy in Sana’a in 2001, with an amount of 50 thousand dollars per month as an initial support, then the amount increased, according to sources close to the Houthis, to 100 thousand dollars per month.
Al-Houthi, through his institute in Saada, sought political mobilization, and focused his attention on creating the loyalty of his students. For the Khomeinist velayat-e faqih theory, which contradicts Zaydism, he also focused on the idea of the leader of knowledge and linking it to the Qur’an, which made his followers see him as a sacred figure who embodies the Qur’an.
Because of the poisonous ideas that he carries and spreads in the minds of his students, al-Houthi entered into a conflict with Zaydi scholars, so he instructed his supporters to restrict, imprison, displace, and even kill scholars who oppose him, and to close Zaydi educational centers by force of arms, arguing that there is no need for this study that distracts people from The Quran.
With Hussein al-Houthi rid of his opponents, Iran had tightened its control over al-Houthi and his group, the same approach it had used to get rid of the Shiite Amal movement in Lebanon, to empty the arena for "Hezbollah" and its elements, and to empty the arena in Yemen for al-Houthi and his group.
Doha, Tehran and its "Hezbollah" arm worked secretly to support the formation of an armed Shiite political militia in Saada, similar to the Hezbollah militia in southern Lebanon. This enabled al-Houthi to form an armed sectarian movement of his followers, to lead a rebellion in early 2004, in the Maran Mountains in Saada.
The strong relationship of the Qatari regime with Iran played a strong role for Doha to play a mediating role between the Houthis and the Yemeni government. During the Houthi rebellion wars, the ambiguous Qatari mediators intervened to save the Houthis, whenever the army began to quell the rebellion, especially after the death of Hussein al-Houthi and his brother Abdul-Malik assuming leadership As soon as the Houthis rearrange their ranks to wage a new war on the state, the Houthis will reorganize their ranks.
After the militia founder was killed at the hands of the army in 2006, Qatari mediation intervened to stop the army’s advance towards the mountainous “Matarah” area, the last Houthi stronghold north of Saada, where the current militia leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi was present. The brother of the militia founder Yahya, his father, Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and his uncle Abdul Karim are temporarily in Doha, and that Qatar pays aid, compensation and reconstruction.
At the time, Al-Jazeera was working to highlight the Houthi movement and its leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, and present them as a persecuted group and oppressed owners, in order for the movement to gain supporters and supporters.
Under the banner of "Reconstruction of Saada", the Qatari support contributed to strengthening the Houthis' influence to confront the state. The support enabled the Houthis to buy weapons, armored cars, and loyalties. It also enabled them to mobilize fighters from the governorates to support their militias. Between 2007-2010, the Qatari mediation plane was It comes to Sanaa airport with all the support and equipment for the Houthis, where it is transferred to Saada without any inspection.
With Qatari support and planning from the Iranian intelligence, and its two branches, the Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah, the Houthis were directed in 2011, and pushed them to the squares to demand the overthrow of the previous regime, and then directed them to invade Sanaa in 2014, coup against power, and ignite the war against the Yemenis.
In 2020, a legal team that includes lawyers from several Arab countries revealed the financial support provided by Qatar to the Houthi terrorist militia during the past years. The Yemen International Peace Team said that it had obtained information from the Houthi militia authorities in Sana'a, requesting the disbursement of a tip of 30,000 Qatari riyals (9,000 dollars) to all elements stationed on the fighting fronts from the Qatari grant provided to the Ministry of Defense of the putschists.
