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News •

Israel says it has disabled Yemen's main airport with airstrikes against rebels • May 6, 2025, 10:01 PM ET (AP)
Trump says the US will stop bombing Yemen's Houthis after rebels say they'll stop targeting ships • May 6, 2025, 6:11 PM ET (AP)
Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen a day after Houthi rebels strike Israeli airport • May 5, 2025, 7:35 PM ET (AP)
UK military launches airstrikes with US targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels • Apr. 30, 2025, 9:32 PM ET (AP)
Houthi rebels say a US airstrike that hit Yemen prison holding African migrants kills 68 • Apr. 28, 2025, 2:09 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As al-Ḥūthiyyūn • Ḥarakat Anṣār Allāh
Areas Of Involvement Islam • Islamic fundamentalism

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The Houthi movement in Sanaa
Yemen
Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi
Yemeni Pres. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi meeting U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
Sanaa amid the 2014 takeover by Houthi rebels
air strike in Sanaa from the Saudi-led coalition
Conflict in Yemen (2024)
Disruption in global shipping from Houthi attacks
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