Huthis

The Huthis (alternately: al-Huthis, Houthi) are a militant group of Zaydi Shia operating in Yemen. Their activities are focused in the northwestern Saada province. Various reports associate the Huthis with the Yemeni Zaydi group Believing Youth (Shabab al-Mu'minoon).

The group takes its name from Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, their former commander, who was killed by Yemeni army forces in September 2004. [ [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9B661165-2CD6-4582-8B4D-507C3653F795.htm Deaths in Yemeni mosque blast] Al Jazeera, 02 May 2008.]

ee also

* Insurgency in Sa'dah

ources

* Sarah Phillips [http://www.merip.org/mero/mero072805.html Cracks in the Yemeni System] Middle East Report Online. 28 July 2005.
* The Jamestown Foundation [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369725 Understanding the Second Houthi Rebellion in Yemen] Terrorism Monitor. Volume 3, Issue 12 (June 17, 2005)
* Nabil Sultan [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FG10Ak02.html Rebels have Yemen on the hop ] The Asian Times. 10 July 2004.

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