A court run by Yemen's Houthi terror government in Sanaa ruled that 17 individuals will be executed on charges of espionage on behalf of Israel, the US, and Saudi Arabia, Houthi-run Beirut-based Almasirah reported on Saturday.
The 17 alleged spies will be executed by firing squad in a public place "as a deterrent" to the public, the report noted.
Two other individuals were sentenced to 10 years in prison, the outlet added. An 18th individual was tried but acquitted during the trial.
The convicts were found guilty of espionage during 2024-2025, including contact with Israeli, American, and Saudi intelligence handlers, who the court found provided the convicts with "encrypted means of communication, location-tracking applications, and courses on how to use secret cameras, linking them to live broadcasting programs," the outlet clarified.
The convicts allegedly provided handlers with information about locations belonging to Houthi officials and terror leaders, including "their movements, and secrets related to the political, military, and security situation, as well as information about missiles, their launch locations, and storage sites," Almasirah added.
They also were found to have "incited and helped to attract and recruit a number of citizens, planted surveillance cameras, and received sums of money in return, which led to the targeting of several military, security, and civilian sites, resulting in the killing of dozens and the destruction of extensive infrastructure," the Houthi-run outlet continued.
Sanaa-based outlet Almasdar clarified that these court hearings took place during 10 sessions over two weeks.
Independent Yemeni outlet identifies some of the convicts, including former general, tribal chief's relatives
One of those convicted was a former director of Yemen's Military Intelligence under former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who ruled the country until 2012, according to Almasdar.
Others include sons of tribal sheikhs and officers whose titles were concealed by Houthi-affiliated outlets in order to prevent civil unrest and backlash, an informed source told Almasdar.
Houthi prime minister Ghalib al-Rahawi and several other ministers were killed in the IAF strike in Sanaa in August. Since then, Houthi terrorists have attempted to clamp down on alleged Israeli espionage, including the detention of 43 UN staff based in the country.
‘We're ghosts of people’: Families of aid workers abducted by Houthis speak out
Aid workers abducted by the Houthis have gone months without being heard from, The Associated Press reported on Saturday, citing the families of those taken.
Ahmed al-Yamani, an aid worker abducted only a day after celebrating his daughter’s wedding in June last year, was taken from his home in Saana. His family told AP they haven’t heard from him in months.
During the raid on al-Yamani’s home, Houthi gunmen pointed their weapons at his family and separated female relatives into a separate room. “They left the house with my father in an armored vehicle and took his car,” Khaled, the 28-year-old elder son of al-Yamani, told AP over the phone from France.
Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post Staff, and Reuters contributed to this report.