YEMENI OPPOSITION PRO-HOUTHI, SEPARATISTS: SSC SAYS

SANA'A, Nov. 06 (Saba) - The Supreme Security Committee (SSC) has
accused Yemeni opposition of involvement with al-Houthi rebellion
and separatists in some southern governorates.

A source in the SSC said that the Joint Meeting Parties (JMPs) are
engaged publicly in support with the rebels and separatists and
justify all their sabotage acts that target the nation's security
and stability.

Meantime, the army is continuing its military operations against the
Houthi followers that started in early August.

Many areas have been cleansed of the insurgents, with many of the
rebels surrendering and others arrested in Saada governorate, which
is located close to border with Saudi Arabia.

The rebel group was founded by rebel leader Hussein al-Houthi.

Hussein, the eldest brother of the current group leader Abdul-Malik,
was killed by the army in September 2004.

The Yemeni government accuses the Houthi group of trying to
reinstall the rule of imams, which was toppled by a republican
revolution in northern Yemen in 1962.

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