Al-Mashat appoints Abdulmalik's uncle as interior minister

English - Monday 06 May 2019 الساعة 12:36 pm
Sana'a – NewsYemen.net

The Houthi militias have appointed Abdulkarim al-Houthi, the uncle of the Houthi militias leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi as Houthi interior minister in the Capital Sana'a.

 Houthi-run Saba news agency said on Sunday that the Houthi Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat issued a decree appointing Abdulkarim Amir Addin al-Houthi as an Interior Minister.

The decree came amid the Houthi acknowledgment that the former minister Abdulhakim al-Maweri was killed of his injuries in an Arab Coalition airstrike hit the interior ministry in al-Hasabah area, north the Capital Sana'a.