Houthi movement

Ansar Allah
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
	Logo of the Houthi movement
Active	1994–present
Status	Active
Ideology	Zaydism; Islamic revolution; Anti-Sunnism (allegedly); Shia–Sunni unity; Anti-imperialism; Irredentism; Anti-Zionism; Antisemitism (allegedly); Islamism; Yemeni nationalism; Populism; Anti-Americanism;
Allegiance	Axis of Resistance
Leaders	Hussein al-Houthi †; Abdul-Malik al-Houthi;
Headquarters	Saada, Yemen
Area of operations	Yemen

The Houthi movement^[a] (/ˈhuːθi/; Arabic: ٱلْحُوثِيُّون al-Ḥūthīyūn [al.ħuː.θiː.juːn]), officially called Ansar Allah (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">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]

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

Houthi Movement Media

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.
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.
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
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's ethnoreligious groups in 2002.
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.
Insurgency in Yemen detailed Map* Controlled by Houthis forces and Saleh loyalists*

Notes

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

References

↑ "Do not call the Ansar Allah movement "Houthi"!". IWN. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
↑ "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.".
↑ Streuly, Dick (12 February 2015). "5 Things to Know About the Houthis of Yemen". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-04.

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[2] The group rejects the term "Houthi"^[1]

[1] "Do not call the Ansar Allah movement "Houthi"!". IWN. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-02.

[congress-3] "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.".

[4] Streuly, Dick (12 February 2015). "5 Things to Know About the Houthis of Yemen". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-04.

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