Houthis

The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaydi revivalist and Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up... Wikipedia

• Leader:  Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (since 2004), Hussein al-Houthi †, (1994–2004)
• Spokesman:  Mohammed Abdul Salam
• Founder:  Hussein al-Houthi
• Founded:  1994
• Preceded by:  Believing Youth
• Headquarters:  Saada, Yemen (since 1994), Sanaa, Yemen (since 2014)
• Armed wing:  Houthi Militia
• Membership:  100,000 (2011), 200,000 (2020), 20,000+ (2024, according to The Guardian)
• Religion:  Zaydi Islam
• International affiliation:  Axis of Resistance (informal)
• Battles and wars:  Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, Houthi insurgency, Yemeni Revolution, Yemeni crisis, Yemeni civil war, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war, Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict, Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen, Arab–Israeli conflict, Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present), Red Sea crisis, Operation Prosperity Guardian, US & UK missile strikes in Yemen
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo