The dismissal of Tawoos Al-Houthi and his replacement with a security official confirms the conflict of militia wings
English - Sunday 13 February 2022 الساعة 02:42 pm
Sana'a, NewsYemen, private:
The Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, announced the dismissal of the leader, Abdul Mohsen Abdullah Tawoos, from the position of Secretary-General of the so-called Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation in early February.
Sources close to the militias told NewsYemen that the decision to dismiss Al-Tawoos came after the escalation of disputes within the militia wings against the backdrop of the increasing corruption practices practiced by the so-called Council for the Management of Humanitarian Affairs on the one hand, and on the other hand, the growing disputes between militia leaders and international and international organizations working in the field of relief.
The sources added: The dismissal decision issued by the head of the so-called Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, came after conflicts that have been taking place within the militias for several months. He was replaced by another person, while the influential leader, Ahmed Hamed (Abu Mahfouz), who is the director of the presidential office in the militia authority, was the biggest supporter and defender of Peacock.
The leader and brother of militia leader Yahya al-Houthi had previously accused his group of corruption and looting the food aid provided by international humanitarian organizations to Yemen. Humanity is “illegally” adding, “The council continues, through Al-Masirah channel, its false allegations of distributing global food for corrupt aid,” noting that Al-Masirah channel, which is considered the mouthpiece of the Houthi group, does not investigate the authenticity of the information, as he put it.
According to a document addressed to the directors of local organizations, a copy of which was seen by NewsYemen, they were informed of the decision to dismiss Al-Tawoos and appoint Houthi leader Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Hamali as his replacement in the position of Secretary-General of the so-called Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation on the second of this February.
The sources also revealed that the process of dismissal of Al-Tawoos also included a complete change of all the administrative staff that was working with him and replacing them with a new staff, which the sources considered a setback for Ahmed Hamed’s wing (Abu Mahfouz) and a victory for his opponents within the militias.
According to the sources, the dismissal came after Houthi leaders provided evidence and evidence to the militia leader’s office that the peacock had looted nearly one million US dollars (equivalent to 600 million Yemeni riyals) of relief aid funds and transferred them to his own accounts and to Ahmed Hamid, and that this looting was one of the main reasons Due to disputes with international organizations, some of which were forced to reduce the volume of their aid to the militia-controlled areas, while others issued a decision to stop their relief operations in the militia areas permanently.
According to the sources, the new Houthi leader appointed to succeed Tawus Ibrahim al-Hamali was the defense and security official in Hajjah Governorate, and his appointment as a replacement for Peacock came with the support of some militia leaders, including Yahya al-Houthi, brother of militia leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.
The sources indicate that the Houthi militia is seeking, through this change, to try to beautify its image before the UN and international organizations working in the field of relief and reduce the size of losses resulting from reducing or stopping the volume of its aid, especially since the militia-run council imposed a percentage of any relief aid programs provided in areas Its control, as well as the control of militia-affiliated organizations, over the registration of the names of the needy and the distribution of militias and the allocation of the largest percentage of them to the benefit of their members and fighters, which makes them keen to continue this aid in any form.
