The Houthi movement follows a mixed ideology with religious, Yemeni nationalist, and big tent populist tenets, imitating Hezbollah. Outsiders have argued that their political views are often vague and contradictory and that many of their slogans do not accurately reflect their aims.

4 days ago · The Houthi movement, also known as Anṣār Allāh, is an Islamic fundamentalist movement in northern Yemen, originating from a revivalist movement among Zaydī Muslims. It opposes foreign influence on the Yemeni government and became a powerful military force with Iran’s aid during the Yemeni Civil War.

Mar 25, 2025 · On 19 November 2023, the Houthis hijacked a commercial ship in the Red Sea. They have since launched dozens of missile and drone attacks on commercial ships. They have sunk two...

The Houthis, a Zaydi Shia movement from northern Yemen, have been involved in conflicts with the Yemeni government since the early 2000's, especially with former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh.However, their influence expanded dramatically during the 2014–2015 takeover, when they seized Sana’a and forced President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi to flee.

Dec 18, 2017 · The Houthis emerged as a Zaydi resistance to Saleh and his corruption in the 1990s led by a charismatic leader named Hussein al Houthi, from whom they are named.

The Huthi Movement, a.k.a. Ansarallah (Helpers of God), is a Yemen-based, Zaydi Shia Islamist political and military organization backed by Iran. The group controls much of northern Yemen and has attacked US, Israeli, Gulf Arab, and Western interests in the region.

2 days ago · Houthi supporters raise an image of their leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi. He took over the movement after the death of his brother, who was killed by Yemeni security forces in 2004. Getty Images

Dec 31, 2024 · The Houthis are Shiite militants who have been fighting Yemen’s government for about two decades. They overran the Yemeni capital, Sana, in 2014, forcing the country’s internationally...

Mar 27, 2025 · The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah (Partisans of God), are a Yemeni armed political and religious movement that has emerged as one of the most formidable forces in the Middle East.

Mar 16, 2025 · In the late 1990s, the Houthi family in the far north of Yemen set up a religious revival movement for the Zaydi sect of Shi'ite Islam, which had once ruled Yemen, but whose northern heartland had became impoverished and marginalized.