FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
Washington (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer, Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, has been arrested on charges of providing support to Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Ellaboudy, 51, from Richland, Washington, was apprehended on Thursday and is set to make his first court appearance on Friday. The Justice Department announced the arrest on Thursday.
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