Comment on Yemen Houthis unilaterally release 153 ‘conflict-related’ detainees

• lorty@lemmygrad.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yes, if you are not Saudi Arabia and allies.

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  • huf@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    or if you consider that the majority of the population of yemen lives in ansar allah controlled territory. the saudi (US) aligned compradors control the oil fields…

    ah, i guess this tracks, since according to western ideology, land (and especially oil) has more votes than mere people.

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• catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That’s the Houthis. They control Sana’a and are establishing a rival government, but they are not the established Yemeni government, no.

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  • huf@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    according to allies of saudi arabia, yes. according to facts on the ground, eeeeeh.

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      How would you describe it, then? Al Jazeera in Qatar, which isn’t strongly on either side, describes the Houthi movement as a rebellion and al-Alimi’s government as official: aljazeera.com/…/who-are-yemens-houthis-a-basic-gu…

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      • huf@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        qatar is a US ally…

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