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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Houthis الحوثيون The Sarkha, translated as' God is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse be upon the Jews, Victory to Islam,' is the main political slogan of the Houthi movement. Also known as Ansar Allah Leaders Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (since 2004) Hussein al-Houthi ...
The Houthi insurgency, [41] [42] also known as the Houthi rebellion, the Sa'dah Wars, or the Sa'dah conflict, was a military rebellion pitting Zaidi Shia Houthis (though the movement also includes Sunnis [43]) against the Yemeni military that began in Northern Yemen and has since escalated into a full-scale civil war.
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The first iteration of the Houthis emerged with a group called the Believing Youth, who led a revivalist movement for the Zaydi branch of Islam in the 1990s.
The Houthis possess a sizable arsenal of weapons, including missiles and drones. The Yemeni rebels couldn't have done that without foreign help, according to a new UN report.
The Houthi takeover in Yemen, also known by the Houthis as the September 21 Revolution, [7] or 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état (by opponents), [8] was a popular revolution against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led by the Houthis and their supporters that pushed the Yemeni government from power.
(The Center Square) – As unrest continues in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with Houthi rebels targeting shipping vessels and allegedly waging a proxy war with the U.S. and Israel on behalf of ...
The first Zaidi imam, Yahya ibn al-Husayn, arrived to Yemen in 893. He was the founder of the Zaidi imamate in 897. He was a religious cleric and judge who was invited to come to Saada from Medina to arbitrate tribal disputes. [63] Imam Yahya persuaded local tribesmen to follow his teachings.