UN report : Al-Houthi militia sees internal fighting to seize power and money

The year 2020 witnessed a large number of conflicts within the Houthi militia’s military wings over land ownership, control of checkpoints and taxes, according to the latest report of the United Nations International Capacity Assessment Organization.

The Houthi militia continues to amend laws and establish bodies for their leaders to legitimize their crimes against the Yemeni people and to rob them of their wealth. Mahdi Al-Mashat, the head of the so-called political militia office, established a new Wakfs Authority in response to Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi, who established the justice system.

Those amendments have sparked a broad wave of condemnation by lawyers, lawyers and judges, who have rejected any amendments to legislation and laws that directly target the legal system and the legislature.

According to observers, more than 80% of the country’s land, property and property have been seized since the coup in Sanaa and other Yemeni areas under militia control.

The report of the UN Panel of Experts on Yemen confirmed that the leaders of the Houthi militia are competing to enrich themselves from the limited public resources of the state, and that Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi, Ahmed Hamid and Abdul Karim Al-Houthi built competing power bases secured by separate security and intelligence structures.

The report pointed out that the emergence of the Houthi forces blocs based on economic interests undermines peace and humanitarian efforts. 

The Houthi militia controls the capital Sanaa, along with the country’s main economic center and existing institutions, and controls the trade and distribution of fuel, controls the energy sector, and profits from the sales of oil and gas transported to their areas.

Some of the leaders of the Houthi militia are also involved in smuggling various types of goods and materials, in addition to managing the diversion of banned pesticides and chemical fertilizers.

Sources confirmed that Houthi leaders are smuggling banned agricultural pesticides and supplying markets with them. In return, the militia is preventing all traders from importing pesticides and distributing them to the markets.