Arab League, UN, GCC Reject Houthi Rebel Takeover
Lesson Brief
Al Sharq Al Awsat
On February 8, Al Sharq Al Awsat reported that the Arab League has rejected the Houthi rebels' takeover of the Yemeni government. The UN and the GCC have also condemned the move. The Houthi rebels, a Shiite insurgency movement, is thought to be receiving Iranian military and non-military support, a claim Iran denies; the group has long complained of under-representation and discrimination by successive Yemeni governments. After recently taking over Sanaa and placing Yemen's president under house arrest, the group announced the formation of a popular security committee to lead an interim government until a national-unity government can be formed over the next two years.
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- dissolution of parliament
- حل البرلمان
- to reject
- رَفَضَ ، يَرْفُضُ
- the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
- مجلس التعاون الخليجي
- division
- انقسام
- to expose to, to make the victim of
- عَرَّضَ ، يُعَرِّضُ
- necessity
- ضرورة
- to call for
- دَعا ، يَدْعو الى
- exacerbative (escalatory) steps
- خطوات تصعيدية
- the Arab League
- الجامعة العربية
- just after, a day after
- غداة