FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
People ride their motorbikes under a billboard showing Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi with a phrase that reads in Arabic; "master of words and deeds." A Richland electrical engineer with the Department of Energy has been arrested on charges of supporting Houthi rebels with drones and explosive materials.
AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, including by buying materials for homemade explosives and drones and traveling to Yemen, the Justice Department said Thursday.
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