US arrests Energy Department employee under claims of backing Yemen’s Houthis

US arrests Energy Department employee under claims of backing Yemen’s Houthis The Justice Department has arrested a man under claims that he attempted to provide material support or resources to Yemen’s Houthis. The 51 year-old, identified as Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, is a US Energy Department employee. "As alleged, a US government employee travelled overseas and used his specialised expertise in an attempt to aid the Houthis, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization backed by Iran," the assistant attorney general for national security, John A Eisenberg, said. Eisenberg claimed that…