Houthis

The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaydi revivalist and Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made... Wikipedia

  • Leader:  Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (since 2004), Hussein al-Houthi †, (1994–2004)
  • Spokesman:  Mohammed Abdul Salam
  • Founder:  Hussein al-Houthi
  • Founded:  1994
  • Preceded by:  Believing Youth
  • Headquarters:  Saada, Yemen (since 1994), Sanaa, Yemen (since 2014)
  • Membership:  100,000 (2011), 200,000 (2020), 220,000 (2022), 350,000 (2024)
  • Ideology:  Factions
  • Religion:  Shia Islam (Zaydi)
  • International affiliation:  Axis of Resistance (informal)
  • Battles and wars:  Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, Houthi insurgency, Yemeni Revolution, Yemeni crisis, Yemeni civil war, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war, Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict, Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen, Arab–Israeli conflict, Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present), Red Sea crisis, Operation Prosperity Guardian, US & UK missile strikes in Yemen
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo
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