Al-Marsad Newspaper: Muhammad Abdul-Salam, the official spokesman of the Houthi militia and head of its negotiating delegation, was able to amass enormous wealth and control most of the economic sectors in Yemen.
27 diversified companies
The spokesman of the coup militia controls 27 companies with different tasks, starting from petroleum services, trade and investment institutions, import and export, procurement, education and exchange.
3 oil companies
The Houthis own 3 oil companies that manage the entire oil sector, “import, export, black market”, the largest of which is the company “Yemen Life” which he owns, according to Al-Arabiya.
He managed to evade several arrests in which he was released, without the security services knowing that he was the official spokesman for the Houthis.
his real name
The name “Muhammad Abdel-Salam” was nothing but the pseudonym of the Houthi spokesman, while his real name was “Abdul-Salam Salah Ahmed Abdullah Felita”, born in Al-Qalaa village in Razih district, Saada governorate.
study it
Abd al-Salam studied religious sciences, under the guidance of his father, Salah Ahmed Fulaita, before entering formal education in schools in the city of Saada, then moved to Sana’a to study at its university.
He came from a poor family, lived in university accommodation with students from villages and rural areas, and returned to Saada and worked at the governorate’s court of appeals, before turning to the Iranian carpet trade.
arrest him
He was arrested in 2009 and described at the time as the son of an elderly Zaidi scholar in Sanaa, before being released in April of the same year, on the orders of the late Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
His first appearance
Abdulsalam first appeared in audio and video in a December 2012 television interview, broadcast by the nascent Houthi channel, Al-Masirah, which appointed him Chairman of its Board of Directors.
