Houthis storm administrative building of Yemeni capital

A group of Houthi militants late on Saturday stormed the administrative building of Sanaa province and besieged the home of Sanaa governor, Abdel-Ghani Hefzallah Jameel, eyewitnesses said.

They said the Houthis had besieged the administrative building of the province for several days before they stormed it.

The eyewitnesses could not, however, determine the motivations behind the siege the Houthis laid on the home of the governor.

Yemeni authorities have not commented on these incidents yet. Houthis have not commented on their new moves either.

The Shiite Yemeni group has been controlling the Yemeni capital Sanaa since September 21, even as they signed an agreement with the Yemeni President to end their country’s political stalemate a few hours earlier.

Since then Houthis have been trying to extend their control to other Yemeni provinces.

Yemen has been suffering turmoil since a popular uprising that erupted in 2011 toppled longstanding president Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2012.

Some Arab capitals accuse Iran of backing the ongoing Houthi insurgency in Yemen.