Houthi court sentences five to death for spying for UK

Houthi forces also said they uncovered an American-British intelligence cell in the country earlier this year.
Security personnel loyal to Yemen's Huthi rebels walk about outside the Central Bank headquarters in the Huthi-held capital Sanaa on June 23, 2021.
Security personnel loyal to Yemen's Houthi rebels walk about outside the Central Bank headquarters in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on June 23, 2021. - MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images
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A Houthi court sentenced five people to death on Tuesday after finding them guilty of spying for the United Kingdom. 

The court in the capital Sanaa said the men engaged in espionage on behalf of several British intelligence officers and unnamed “others,” the Houthi-run Saba News Agency reported. 

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