The Houthis, also known as the Houthi movement[a] and officially the Ansar Allah, [b] 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. [95] .

Mar 15, 2024 · On 19 November, the Houthis hijacked a commercial ship in the Red Sea. They have since launched dozens of missile and drone attacks on commercial ships. Of these, 34 have resulted in reported...

Feb 23, 2024 · Beirut, Lebanon – The Houthis have recruited and trained more than 200,000 new fighters since the group began its actions in the Red Sea in support of Palestine, a Houthi spokesperson says.

Jan 12, 2024 · Following weeks of Houthi-led attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, the United States and United Kingdom have launched military strikes in Yemen in response, which the Houthis have described as ...

Dec 31, 2024 · For more than a year, the Houthis, an Iranian-backed militant group that controls northern Yemen, have been firing drones and missiles at Israel, and disrupting trade with attacks on commercial...

From mid-November 2023 onwards, the Houthis have used their substantial arsenal of missiles and drones to target shipping passing close to the narrow, strategic chokepoint of the Bab Al-Mandeb...

Jan 23, 2025 · That month Houthi fighters ousted Saleh’s forces from the capital and killed Saleh after he expressed his willingness to engage with the Saudi-led coalition. They fortified their hold as a brief conflict broke out among Hadi’s supporters in January.

For over two-and-a-half years, the United States has supported Saudi Arabia in a war against the Houthi movement in Yemen. The war has created the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world and...

Jan 12, 2024 · When the U.S. and U.K. warships launched waves of air, ship and submarine-launched missiles at Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen late Thursday it was the culmination of weeks of warnings to the rebel group to cease their …

Mar 15, 2024 · Houthi rebels have launched more than 40 attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November. The Houthis are an Iranian-backed rebel group which considers Israel an enemy.