Houthis stepping up spying on Yemenis
The Iran-backed Houthi militia keeps implementing its strategy for controlling Yemen and its resources.
On January 5, the militia expanded
its spying operations on the Yemeni people. It installed new spying
technologies to the Yemeni communications network under supervision from
Iranian engineers.
Spying equipment
Communications engineers in the
Yemeni capital told the Yemeni newspaper Okaz that the Houthis had installed a
spying program to the communications network in order to monitor the movement
of citizens in the areas controlled by them.
The same engineers said the Houthis
had been spying on Yemenis for a long time now which caused suffering to
citizens.
This time, the spying devices are
used under supervision from Iranian engineers, the Yemeni engineers told Okaz.
They revealed that the Houthi are
also watching social media, especially when it comes to some Yemeni figures.
New Yemeni government
The Houthis have been controlling the
communications network in Sana'a since they overran it in 2014.
Communications engineers in the
Yemeni capital warned against this. They said the fact that the Houthis are
keen on spying on Yemenis shows that they are afraid of opposition to their
presence.
This is especially true after the
arrival of the new Yemeni government in Aden, the temporary political capital
of Yemen, the engineers said.
The Houthis stepped up their terrorist attacks following the arrival of the government in Aden.
