Uppgift: Huthi-rebelledare dödad i Jemen
Huthi-rebellernas politiska ledare Saleh Ali al-Sammad dödades i en av den Saudiledda koalitionens lufträder i förra veckan. Det uppger rebellgruppen enligt AFP. Uppgifterna har inte bekräftats från det motsatta hållet.
Minst 10 000 människor har dödats, 53 000 skadats och miljontals drivits på flykt sedan kriget mellan de iransk-allierade Huthi-rebellerna och den saudiskledda koalitionen i Jemen bröt ut för tre år sedan.
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Saleh Ali al-Sammad
Wikipedia (en)
Saleh Ali al-Sammad (Arabic: صالح علي الصماد), born on 1 January 1979 in Bani Ma'az in Sahar District, is a Yemeni political figure from the Houthi movement. As of February 2015, after the Houthi takeover of the government, he was described as "the senior Houthi leader in Sana'a". He previously served as a political adviser to President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, appointed in September 2014.
Al-Sammad struck a conciliatory posture during and after the 2014–15 coup. In November 2014, after the Houthis withdrew from Yemen's "unity government", he expressed support for most of Hadi's cabinet choices, including Prime Minister Khaled Bahah. In February 2015, he said the Houthis hoped for normal relations with the United States and other countries and suggested that the group was interested in sharing power with other political factions, potentially including members of the deposed House of Representatives in a new, 551-member parliament.
On 6 August 2016, he became head of the Supreme Political Council and sworn on 14 August.
On 15 August 2016, the Supreme Revolutionary Committee handed power to the Supreme Political Council.
On April 23, 2018 Houthi officials announced he was killed.
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