Houthi movement

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

  • Active:  1994–present
  • Groups:  Houthi tribe and Zaidi Shias
  • Leaders:  Hussein al-Houthi †, (1994–2004), Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, (since 2004)
  • Spokesman:  Mohammed Abdul Salam
  • Headquarters:  Saada, Yemen (since 1994), Sanaa, Yemen (since 2014)
  • Area of operations:  Yemen (incl. Saudi Arabia–Yemen border)
  • Allies:  State allies: Non-state allies
  • Opponents:  State opponents: Non-state opponents, Muslim Brotherhood, (until 2021), Al-Islah
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo