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The Houthi movement, [f] officially the Ansar Allah, [g] is a Zaydi Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydi Shias, with their namesake leadership being drawn largely from the Houthi tribe. [94]
The Houthi tribe (Arabic: قبيلة الحوثي) is a Hamdanid Arab tribe that centralizes in northern Yemen. The tribe is branched from Banu Hamdan tribe. [1] [2] They are primarily headquartered in both 'Amran and Saada. [3] The Houthi movement is named after the Houthi tribe. Harith al-Hamdani, one of Ali's first supporters, was from the ...
Yemen, [a] officially the Republic of Yemen, [b] is a country in West Asia. [11] Located in southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the Red Sea to the west, and the Indian Ocean to the south, sharing maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia across the Horn of Africa.
The Houthis' role has added to the conflict's regional risks, threatening sea lanes through which much of the world's oil is shipped, and worrying states on the Red Sea as Houthi rockets and ...
The head of the World Health Organization said he was about to board a flight in the Yemeni capital when the airport came under bombardment. Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen, airport hit as ...
Its increased attacks have prompted a growing number of U.S.-led strikes against Houthi targets including radars, runways, missile launch sites and logistics hubs. U.S. forces have also shot down ...
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Houthi media also reported a series of Israeli strikes on the power stations, the airport and the Ras Isa oil port. The attack comes just days after a Houthi rocket hit Tel Aviv, injuring at least ...