Saudi Envoy Claims Houthis Are Like ISIS With 10-Year-Old Children Soldiers

Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United States Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud has compared the Iran-backed Houthis to ISIS before it seized Mosul and pressed a global campaign to end the group as an armed force.

Key points

• According to the ambassador, the Houthis have fired more than 1, 000 ballistic missiles and drones into Saudi Arabia since March 2016.
• 10 Houthi missile strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
• She further accused the Houthis of making students as young as 10 chant "Death to America" and sending thousands of children into combat.
• She praised Ebtehal bint Abdullah, a Riyadh Air passenger services agent who supported travellers escape and guided paramedics through the terminal despite being injured herself.
• She additionally mentioned UN investigators who say Houthi engineers have taught Al Shabaab in East Africa how to produce bombs and modify drones.

"The Houthis today are what ISIS was before it seized Mosul in Iraq and proclaimed a caliphate: a terrorist movement the world underestimated, " she wrote in an opinion piece published in The New York Times on Tuesday.

She remarked the international community should set a clear goal to end the Houthis as an armed terrorist force. Khawaja Asif Makes Significant Announcement for Saudi Arabia.

Princess Reema opened her article with the Oct. 10 Houthi missile strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. It killed 13 individuals. She called it "an act of terrorism, pure, simple and evil."

She remarked the group has threatened to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait. It carries concerning 10 percent of world trade. Its strikes on Saudi energy facilities this month additionally assisted push oil rates back above $100 a barrel.

She further accused the Houthis of making students as young as 10 chant "Death to America" and sending thousands of children into combat. US Again Pressures Saudis to Accept Israel. How to Defeat the Houthis.

As the US already has, princess Reema remarked every country should designate the Houthis as a terrorist organization. She additionally called on cutting off the group's funds, stopping its weapons at sea, and giving Yemen's administration the backing it needs.

While Yemeni administration forces, backed by Saudi air backing, have seized more than 750 tons of weapons bound for the group, she remarked Saudi Arabia has closed its financial system to the Houthis.

Ending the Houthis' armed campaign, she wrote, is the only path to a Yemeni-led political settlement. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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