The exposed collusion: when the Muslim Brotherhood and the Houthis unite against South Yemen

The media machinery of the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen, represented by its numerous outlets, is experiencing an unprecedented moral and professional collapse. Their platforms have turned into tools of incitement and propaganda, distorting public perception and undermining the South’s national project.

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Each step taken by the Southern Transitional Council, under the leadership of President Aidarous al-Zoubaidi, to empower Southerners is met with a wave of hostile campaigns from Brotherhood-affiliated media. These disinformation efforts, often grounded in fabricated stories, quickly crumble under the weight of reality, exposing the organization’s hypocrisy and its true objectives.

According to Al-Omanaa newspaper, recent weeks have witnessed a dramatic fall of Brotherhood-aligned media outlets such as “Belqis,” “Yemen Shabab,” and “Al-Mahriya.” These channels aggressively promoted the false rumor that an Israeli delegation had arrived in Aden. This narrative, designed to demonize the South’s leadership and justify potential terrorist attacks against the capital, failed to withstand the local and international evidence that debunked it.

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The greatest contradiction, however, lies in the stark disparity between the Brotherhood’s public rhetoric and the covert actions of its leaders. While falsely accusing the South of normalization with Israel, members of the Al-Islah party (the Brotherhood’s political arm in Yemen) were appearing on Israeli channels, notably “Channel 24,” calling for political and military cooperation with Tel Aviv against the Houthis. This duplicity not only reveals their hypocrisy regarding the Palestinian cause—exploited as a cheap pretext to attack the South—but also exposes their betrayal of the very cause they claim to champion.

Equally striking is the implicit alliance between the Houthis and the Brotherhood. Despite their apparent rivalry in the North, they converge seamlessly when it comes to targeting the South. This “collusion” is evident in their coordinated media campaigns and the recycling of identical rumors across their platforms. Their shared hostility toward the project of restoring a Southern state remains their only common denominator.

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The newspaper also highlighted the silence of the so-called “legitimacy” media, dominated by the Brotherhood, regarding Houthi crimes against Northerners, including the ban on commemorating the September 26 Revolution. This silence constitutes a historic disgrace, proving that the Brotherhood’s priority is not confronting the Houthis but undermining Southern achievements—placing enmity toward the South above all other national causes.

These aggressive campaigns did not emerge in a vacuum; they were a direct reaction to recent decisions by President al-Zoubaidi aimed at promoting Southern competencies within state institutions and correcting administrative shortcomings. These strategic steps, widely welcomed by the Southern population, challenged the Brotherhood’s agenda of keeping the South dependent and marginalized.

Ultimately, the Brotherhood’s campaigns have succeeded only in exposing their hypocrisy and double standards to both local and international opinion. Instead of weakening the South, these attacks have reinforced Southern unity behind their leadership and further strengthened the momentum toward restoring an independent state—more credible and resilient than ever before.

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