A Yemeni man accused of joining the Houthi rebels has been arrested in Germany

BERLIN AP A Yemeni man accused of joining the Houthi rebels in his homeland and briefly fighting for the group was arrested in Germany on Thursday prosecutors announced The suspect identified only as Hussein H in line with German privacy rules was arrested in Dachau near Munich Federal prosecutors declared he is accused of being a member of a foreign terror organization as a youth He allegedly joined the Houthi movement in October and underwent ideological training followed by three months of military training In early he briefly fought for the group in Yemen s Marib region prosecutors stated A judge ordered the man kept in custody pending a manageable indictment Prosecutors didn t specify when he came to Germany The Houthis have launched repeated missile attacks targeting Israel as well as international shipping in the Red Sea portraying it as a response to Israel s offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip Source