PTOC Yemen Center reveals that the Houthis have transformed Al-Qaeda and ISIS operatives into arms of the security and intelligence apparatus.

The Crisis Observatory at P.T.O.C Yemen Center for Research and Specialized Studies has released a new report in its “Terror Alliances” series, unveiling one of the most dangerous security files in Yemen. The report reveals that the Houthi militia has turned prisons into closed laboratories for recycling Al-Qaeda and ISIS operatives, preparing them as field and intelligence arms for its own security and intelligence apparatus—an explicit violation of international counterterrorism laws. According to the report, the Houthis no longer view Al-Qaeda and ISIS members as ideologi...