Houthis

  • Recently, Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
  • Saudi Arabia is mired in a years-long, deadlocked war backing Yemen’s toppled government against the Iranian-backed Houthis.
  • The Saudi-led war, which began in March 2015, has seen an uptick in recent months amid a Houthi effort to capture the city of Marib.
  • The Houthi movement, officially called Ansar Allah (meaning “Supporters of God”), is an Islamic political and armed movement that emerged from Sa’dah in northern Yemen in the 1990s.
  • The movement was called Houthis because its founder is from the Houthi ....
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