Al Dahab: Future is bleak despite victory

Yemeni writer and military expert Ali Al Dahab said that Houthi militias have killed and detained dozens of people from across the country's north since killing their ally, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, saying that the crackdown included the region of al-Hodeidah, Rima, Haja and al-Mahwet.
The Yemeni official underlined that the militants appear to be escalating their crackdown on any possible sign of rebellion among their one-time allies from Saleh's party, the General People's Congress.
In the Hajja province alone, he said, at least 20 people were eliminated and some 150 detained, it continued, adding that Houthis also blew up 20 houses there and replaced the province's governor, who was a onetime Saleh associate.
He stressed that the militia detained 49 people and threatened others with blowing up their houses if they do not turn themselves over for arrest.
He revealed that Houthi militias committed a large number of violations in the areas under their control, saying that the stormed the houses of their opponents and killed large number of supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh who was killing during his fight against the insurgents.
He added that the situation in the capital, Sanaa, north of Yemen is bleak, saying that many residents of Sanaa are afraid of the coming days, explaining that security is lacking in the capital Sana'a because of the violent practices of the Houthis against the population. He added that men feel insulted because the Huthis are applying to Sanaa with an iron fist, and everyone has lost hope.
He stressed that Houthis are acting violently against civilians and their opponents from the GPC, saying that they try to cover their fear by trying to show joy in their superiority over their ally the Popular Congress. He added that Houthis are seeking to pressure the ministers in the pro-government Salvation Government to stay in their (internationally unrecognized) government until they portray to the inside that the alliance between them (the Congress Party / Houthis), which has become fragile is still standing.
He added that the Houthis are seeking ministerial reshuffle and appointing some of their loyalists to the party. He stressed that Houthis sought to put obstacles to the ministers of the Conference in various forms of storming the ministries and the imposition of appointments to other procedures.
He revealed that revealed that Houthi militias committed a large number of violations in the areas under their control, saying that the stormed the houses of their opponents and killed large number of supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh who was killing during his fight against the insurgents.
He added that Houthi militias have killed and detained dozens of people from across the country's north since killing their ally, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, saying that the crackdown included the region of al-Hodeidah, Rima, Haja and al-Mahwet.
The Yemeni official underlined that the militants appear to be escalating their crackdown on any possible sign of rebellion among their one-time allies from Saleh's party, the General People's Congress.
In the Hajja province alone, he said, at least 20 people were eliminated and some 150 detained, it continued, adding that Houthis also blew up 20 houses there and replaced the province's governor, who was a onetime Saleh associate.