Leaders of the Salafi movement in Yemen have called on Arab armies to unite against the Houthi rebels in Yemen after they stormed the Presidential palace in Sanaa yesterday. Vice-president of the Egyptian Salafi movement, Yasser Borhami told Al-Bawaba Egypt that what happened in Yemen is an Iranian plot, and stressed the need to confront what he called the "Iranian Shiite threat, which seeks to control over the Arabian Peninsula." Borhami called on Yemeni tribes to unite against the Houthis, calling the increasing gains of the rebel movement not a Yemeni revolution, but a Shiite revolt. The executive office director of the Salafi movement, Ashraf Al-Hawary said that the Houthis' control of power in Yemen is very dangerous, adding that their complete control would be a disaster for Egypt and Gulf states. Al-Hawary claimed that the Houthi rebels are carrying out an Iranian plan to seize control of the two Holy Mosques in Saudi Arabia and the Suez Canal in Egypt. The Houthi separatist movement in Yemen took over the presidential palace Monday after a battle with the army that left 15 dead and over 100 injured. They also attacked President Mansour al-Hadi's private residence elsewhere in the city. The president escaped by unknown means.
