Al-Qaeda Offers 20 KG Gold as bounty for Houthi Leader

Rasa - Al-Qaeda has offered a bounty of 20 kg (44 lb) of gold for the capture or killing of the leader of Yemen's Houthi forces, the SITE monitoring group said Wednesday.

News ID: 2316

Date: 09 April 2015 - 19:49

RNA - Al-Qaeda has offered a bounty of 20 kg (44 lb) of gold for the capture or killing of the leader of Yemen's Houthi forces, the SITE monitoring group said Wednesday.

The offer was made in a video distributed by Al-Qaeda's media arm, SITE said.

Yemen's Shiite Muslim Houthis, led by Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, seized control of the capital Sanaa six months ago and move toward southern Yemen last month for fighting with al-Qaeda.

But Saudi Arabia according to former president hadi which fled the country, launched airstrikes against Yemen more than two weeks ago, seeking to drive back the Houthi advance and restore ousted President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist movement's Yemeni wing, has exploited the conflict, storming the town of Mukalla last week and freeing a jailed local Al-Qaeda leader.

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants also attacked a remote eastern border post on the frontier with Saudi Arabia.

Houthis are part of Yemen's Shiite Muslim Zaydi, considered infidel by hardline Sunni Islamist movements such as Al-Qaeda.

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