Loyalist tribal fighters after a prisoner exchange in Yemen, in 2016. (Archive photo: AFP)
Was Saddam Hussein’s daughter arrested in Yemen alongside a tribal chief? This claim has been widely shared on social media since April. The woman presented herself as the former Iraqi dictator’s daughter, said she is Mira Saddam Hussein, and that she has been residing in Yemen since 2003. She sought the help of Sheikh Hamad bin Rashid Fagham al-Hazmi, chief of the Dahm branch of the Bakil tribal confederation in Yemen. She claimed that Faris Mana’a, one of the country’s most prominent arms dealers, and his Houthi associates, seized her property and offered the sheikh a strand of her hair. Read more Yemen exposes the limits of the US-Saudi alliance The tribal leader agreed to protect the woman and began mediating on her behalf. But the two were arrested by the Houthis. Released two months later, the tribal leader broke down in tears...
Was Saddam Hussein’s daughter arrested in Yemen alongside a tribal chief? This claim has been widely shared on social media since April. The woman presented herself as the former Iraqi dictator’s daughter, said she is Mira Saddam Hussein, and that she has been residing in Yemen since 2003. She sought the help of Sheikh Hamad bin Rashid Fagham al-Hazmi, chief of the Dahm branch of the Bakil tribal confederation in Yemen. She claimed that Faris Mana’a, one of the country’s most prominent arms dealers, and his Houthi associates, seized her property and offered the sheikh a strand of her hair. Read more Yemen exposes the limits of the US-Saudi alliance The tribal leader agreed to protect the woman and began mediating on her behalf. But the two were arrested by the Houthis. Released two months later, the tribal leader broke down...
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