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The Houthi movement[a] (/ˈhuːθi/; Arabic: ٱلْحُوثِيُّون al-Ḥūthīyūn [al.ħuː.θiː.juːn]), officially called Ansar Allah (ʾAnṣār Allāh أَنْصَار ٱللَّٰه "Supporters of God") and simply known as Houthis, is an Islamist political and armed movement. It began in Saada in north Yemen in the 1990s. The Houthi movement is a Zaidi Shia majority force.[2]

Ansar Allah
Participant in the Houthi insurgency in Yemen, the Yemeni Crisis, the Yemeni Revolution, the Yemeni Civil War, the Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen, and the Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
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Logo of the Houthi movement
Active1994–present
StatusActive
Ideology
AllegianceAxis of Resistance
Leaders
HeadquartersSaada, Yemen
Area of operationsYemen

Under the leadership of Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, the group was an opposition to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh.[3]

Houthi Movement Media

  • ShababFlag.svg

    Variant of the flag used by the "Islamic State" (formerly "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) or "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS)), "Al-Shabaab", "al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula", "al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb" and "Boko Haram". Note that the central "seal" in the actual flag is not circular.

  • ShababFlag.svg

    Variant of the flag used by the "Islamic State" (formerly "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) or "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS)), "Al-Shabaab", "al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula", "al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb" and "Boko Haram". Note that the central "seal" in the actual flag is not circular.

  • Flag of South Yemen.svg
    FlagofSouthYemen

  • Current (October 2022) political and military control in ongoing Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)     Controlled by the Government of Yemen (under the Presidential Leadership Council since April 2022) and allies*     Controlled by Houthis-led Supreme Political Council*     Controlled by Al-Qaeda (AQAP) and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-affiliated Ansar al-Sharia*     Controlled by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council

  • President Ali Abdullah Saleh.jpg

    Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was allied with Houthis from 2014 until his death in 2017. The Houthis assassinated him on charges of treason.

  • Yemen ethno 2002.jpg

    Yemen's ethnoreligious groups in 2002.

  • Ansar Allah Logo.svg

    A calligraphic logo of the Houthi movement reading "Oh ye who believe, be supporters of God" (Quran 61:14) Religious motives play an important role in the Houthi movement, though to what extent is disputed.

  • Yemen war detailed map 26 march.png

    Insurgency in Yemen detailed Map*  Controlled by Houthis forces and Saleh loyalists*

Notes

  1. ↑ The group rejects the term "Houthi"[1]

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  2. ↑ "Yemen: Civil War and Regional Intervention". Congressional Research. 8 December 2020. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R43960.pdf. Retrieved 13 February 2021. "The Houthi movement (formally known as Ansar Allahor Partisans of God) is a predominantly Zaydi Shia revivalist political and insurgent movement formed in the northern Yemeni governorate of Saada under the leadership of members of the Houthi family.". 
  3. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
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