Yemeni analyst reveals Houthi crimes to loot Yemeni wealth despite floods

Houthi crimes continue in Marib, in addition to many other crises currently facing the region, with UN statistics and data showing the risks Marib is currently facing.

At a time when floods are hitting Yemen and destroying and destroying many archeological places; The Houthi terrorist militia continues its daily violation of the UN truce, launching large-scale attacks on Yemeni army, resistance and civilian objects in Al-Juba District, southern Marib Governorate.

Houthi crimes

Seasonal improvements in access to food and income from the main harvest have improved outcomes across three Yemeni governorates, the UN Famine Early Warning Network (FEWS) said, but due to the rise in the proportion of displaced families dependent on aid, Marib is expected to remain in a food emergency in the fourth phase of the ICG until next January.

According to IRIN, in Houthi-controlled areas, prices have risen further because taxes on chickens and eggs have finally been raised at checkpoints, limiting access to important sources of protein and nutrients for millions of families.

Flood and flood damage

According to the report, the flash floods in July caused serious damage to public infrastructure, homes and property, with Sana’a, Saada, Amran, Sana’a, Shabwah, Hadramawt, al-Mahra and Hajjah governorates being the worst affected. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, some 86,000 people were affected by the floods between 15 and 26 July, including at least 10,000 displaced families in Marib and 244 displaced families in al-Jawf.

The network monitored the rise in livestock prices in Yemen in early July: Owing to high prices and weak purchasing power across medium and affluent wealth groups, sheep sales were lower than usual, and this likely limited the income of livestock owners, at a time when livestock sales were a major source of household income.

Houthi violations

Abdul Hafeez Nahari, a Yemeni political analyst, says: “Marib is in a state of turmoil and crisis due to the Houthi’s successive violations targeting the security and stability of the country by intimidating citizens by imposing royalties and taxes on shops and homes, in addition to looting the country’s wealth for the terrorist militia”.

The Yemeni political analyst said that international intervention is needed to save Marib from the Houthis, pointing out that the damage was caused by the floods and that there is considerable Saudi and Arab support over the past few days.

The militias had sent reinforcements of large numbers of gunmen and ammunition to the southern Marib fronts, in addition to sending huge reinforcements of advanced missiles and guided aircraft to the areas and fronts in al-Bayda province near Marib and Shabwah, in an attempt to blow up the military situation in those areas.

According to informed sources in al-Bayda, the militias have pushed reinforcements from the central region, the fourth district of Dhamar, and groups of death squads to areas adjacent to Marib and Shabwah governorates on the al-Bayda side, in addition to deploying a missile and artillery system in those areas.