Yemen PM Accuses Qatar of Backing Houthi Militias

Egyptian President Sisi welcomes the PM of Yemen in Cairo on Monday. (Egyptian presidency spokesman)
Egyptian President Sisi welcomes the PM of Yemen in Cairo on Monday. (Egyptian presidency spokesman)
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Yemen PM Accuses Qatar of Backing Houthi Militias

Egyptian President Sisi welcomes the PM of Yemen in Cairo on Monday. (Egyptian presidency spokesman)
Egyptian President Sisi welcomes the PM of Yemen in Cairo on Monday. (Egyptian presidency spokesman)

Yemeni Prime Minister Moeen Abdulmalek accused on Tuesday Qatar of spreading chaos in his country, saying it was backing the Iran-aligned Houthi militias.

He said that since the eruption of the conflict in Yemen, Doha has been supplying the Houthis with money and weapons and has given them access to media.

Qatar has worked on destabilizing Yemen, he added from Egypt where he is on an official visit.

Since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain announced their diplomatic and economic boycott of Qatar, Doha’s policy has become clear, he continued.

Qatar now openly supports the Houthis and is working on undermining the legitimate Yemeni government and seeking to thwart efforts to restore the state, said the PM.

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi had on Monday received Abdulmalek in Cairo for talks.



Syrian Pro-Assad Fighter Jailed For Life in Germany for Crimes Against Humanity

Cells in the basement of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate Branch 251, also known as Al-Khatib branch, in the capital Damascus. (AFP)
Cells in the basement of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate Branch 251, also known as Al-Khatib branch, in the capital Damascus. (AFP)
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Syrian Pro-Assad Fighter Jailed For Life in Germany for Crimes Against Humanity

Cells in the basement of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate Branch 251, also known as Al-Khatib branch, in the capital Damascus. (AFP)
Cells in the basement of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate Branch 251, also known as Al-Khatib branch, in the capital Damascus. (AFP)

A German court on Tuesday convicted a Syrian man of crimes against humanity and jailed him for life over offences committed during his time fighting for former President Bashar al-Assad.

The court in the city of Stuttgart found the former militiaman guilty of crimes including murder and torture after a trial which involved testimony from 30 witnesses.

Shortly after the outbreak of anti-Assad protests in early 2011, the man joined a pro-government militia in the southern town of Bosra al-Sham, according to AFP.

He proceeded to take part in several crimes against the local population with the aim of "terrorizing" them and driving them from the town, the court found.

German authorities have pursued several suspects for crimes committed in Syria's civil war under the principle of universal jurisdiction, even after Assad's ouster last December.

In 2022, former Syrian colonel Anwar Raslan was found guilty of overseeing the murders of 27 people and the torture of 4,000 others at the notorious Al-Khatib jail in 2011 and 2012.

That was the first international trial over state-sponsored torture in Syrian prisons and was hailed as "historic" by human rights activists.