Video Shows Houthi Terror Cell Confesses to Plotting Attacks in Yemen's Western Coast

The Security Media Division of the Yemen's Western Coast Security Sector, released on Monday, a video featuring confessions from a Houthi terror cell involved in planting explosive devices across the Western Coast.

The cell comprises five individuals—four civilians and one recruit—three from Dhamar Governorate and two from Taiz.

During their interrogation, the cell members—Asem Ali Ahmed Al-Rihani, Ahmed Sami Ahmed Al-Jahrani, Ahmed Saad Qasim Thabit Ma’bad, Safwan Saad Thabit Ma’bad, and Waleed Hammoud Hassan Al-Ja’ouri—confessed to being recruited by a high-ranking Houthi intelligence officer, operating under the alias Abu Saleh (Abdullah Ali Saleh Al-Sharfi). Their mission was to plant improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the Western Coast and collect intelligence on National Resistance forces.

The suspects admitted to receiving financial payments in preparation for their operations. However, security forces apprehended them before they could carry out their terrorist assignments.

Expressing profound remorse, the detainees lamented their involvement, particularly as the Houthi terrorist militia failed to deliver the promised financial rewards.