Houthi movement

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armed group non-state armed actor political movement religious movement

The Houthi movement is a Yemen-based armed political and religious group that controls significant territory, including the capital Sana'a, and is a central party in the country's ongoing civil war.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Houthi movement canonical	8
Houthis	6
Ansar Allah	4
Ansar Allah (Houthi) forces	1
Ansarullah	1
Houthi (Ansar Allah) forces in Yemen	1
Houthi forces	1
Houthi insurgency in Yemen	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed group ⓘ non-state armed actor ⓘ political movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
activeInConflict	Yemeni Civil War ⓘ
alliedWith	Hezbollah ⓘ
alternativeName	Houthi movement ⓘ surface form: Ansar Allah Houthi movement ⓘ surface form: Ansarullah Houthi movement ⓘ surface form: Houthis
claimsCause	defense of Yemen against foreign intervention ⓘ protection of Zaydi community ⓘ
controlsTerritory	Sanaʽa ⓘ surface form: Sana'a large parts of northwestern Yemen ⓘ
country	Yemen ⓘ
deFactoAuthorityIn	Sanaʽa ⓘ surface form: Sana'a large parts of northern Yemen ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristBy	Saudi Arabia ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States (various periods)
foundedIn	1990s ⓘ
founder	Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi ⓘ
headquarters	Sanaʽa ⓘ surface form: Sana'a
ideology	Zaydi Shia ⓘ surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam
language	Arabic ⓘ
leader	Abdul-Malik al-Houthi ⓘ
namedAfter	Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi ⓘ
opponent	Saudi Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Saudi-led coalition United Arab Emirates ⓘ Government of Yemen ⓘ surface form: internationally recognized Yemeni government various Yemeni armed groups ⓘ
originatedAs	religious revivalist movement ⓘ
originatedIn	Saada ⓘ
politicalPosition	Islamism ⓘ anti-Israel ⓘ anti-Saudi ⓘ anti-Western ⓘ
region	Yemen Arab Republic ⓘ surface form: northern Yemen
religiousBranch	Zaydi Shia ⓘ surface form: Zaydism
religiousOrientation	Shia Islam ⓘ
roleInConflict	major belligerent in the Yemeni Civil War ⓘ
seizedCapital	Sanaʽa ⓘ surface form: Sana'a
seizedCapitalIn	2014 ⓘ
slogan	God is great, death to America, death to Israel, curse on the Jews, victory to Islam ⓘ
stronghold	Saada region ⓘ surface form: Saada Governorate
supportedBy	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ surface form: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Iran ⓘ surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
usesTactics	ballistic missile attacks ⓘ drone attacks ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ naval attacks in the Red Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yemen conflict (Saudi-led coalition) → mainBelligerent → Houthi movement ⓘ

Yemen conflict (Saudi-led coalition) → primaryOpponentOf → Houthi movement ⓘ

Zaydi Shia → associatedWithMovement → Houthi movement ⓘ

Ali Abdullah Saleh → involvedIn → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Houthi insurgency in Yemen

Yemeni government security forces → opposedBy → Houthi movement ⓘ

National Dialogue Conference in Yemen → includesParticipantsFrom → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Houthis

Houthi movement → alternativeName → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ansar Allah

Houthi movement → alternativeName → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ansarullah

Houthi movement → alternativeName → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Houthis

Operation Restoring Hope → opponent → Houthi movement ⓘ

United Nations investigations → appliesTo → Houthi movement ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations investigations into the Yemen conflict

this entity surface form: Houthi (Ansar Allah) forces in Yemen

Operation Decisive Storm → opponent → Houthi movement ⓘ

2023 Israel–Hamas war → supporter → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Houthis

Iran-led regional axis → hasMember → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ansar Allah

Iran-led regional axis → hasMember → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Houthis

Iran-led regional axis → hasNonStateActor → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ansar Allah

Islamic State – Yemen Province → enemyOf → Houthi movement ⓘ

Islamic State – Yemen Province → target → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Houthi forces

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps → supportsOrganization → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Houthis

Islam in Yemen → associatedWithMovement → Houthi movement ⓘ

Saada region → politicalMovementPresence → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Houthis

Saada region → politicalMovementPresence → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ansar Allah

United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement → conflictPartyMonitored → Houthi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ansar Allah (Houthi) forces