Abdul-Malik al-Houthi's brother assassinated

Yemen's Interior Ministry says Ibrahim al-Houthi, the brother of Ansarullah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, has been assassinated.

"The treacherous hands affiliated with the US-Israeli aggression and its tools assassinated Ibrahim Badreddin al-Houthi," a statement from the ministry, cited by al-Masirah TV, said on Friday. 

The statement did not provide any further details regarding al-Houthi's assassination, who is said to have been an influential military commander among the Ansarullah forces.

Other Yemeni sources reported that al-Houthi's body, along with a number of Ansarullah commanders, had been discovered in a house following a Saudi strike in the city of Haddeh in Yemen's west-central province of Sana’a.

The assassination takes place at a time when Saudi Arabia's main ally in the conflict, the United Arab Emirates, is withdrawing its troops from the conflict, largely because Abu Dhabi believes the war appears to have become "unwinnable."

The Emirati move has reportedly upset Riyadh to a great extent, pushing the country to plead for more assistance from Washington.

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