In case you haven’t heard already, Yemen has been facing what many have called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. So how did the crisis begin and what is it like for Christians in Yemen?
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Feb 10, 2021
Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen are now going after Christians after running Jews and Bahai’s out of the Gulf state.
By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have tried to get rid of all the Jews and Bahai’s in areas they control, and now they are going after the Christians, the
Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported Wednesday.
The majority of Yemeni Christians have already fled the war-torn country and the number of Jews in Yemen has been dropping with the Houthis deporting the last two remaining families from the city of Sanaa, which used to be Yemen’s capital city until the Houthis took it over in 2014.
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A picture shows a general view of the historical quarter of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on April 21, 2020. (Getty Images) Aden – Asharq Al-Awsat
Christians in Yemen have become the latest targets of the Iran-backed Houthi militias’ oppression. Jews and Baha’is have long been oppressed by the militias.
Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that priest Musheer Khulaidi, 50, has been held by the militias’ intelligence detention center for four years.
The numbers of Jews in Yemen have been dwindling with the Houthis insisting on deporting the last two remaining families from Sanaa. The militias have already expelled the leaders of the Baha’i sect, while 19 others are standing trial in spite of an amnesty they received last year following four years of trials.