Houthi insurgency
2004–2014 political-religious armed movement escalating into the Yemeni Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Houthi insurgency,[44][45] also known as the Houthi rebellion, the Sa'dah War, or the Sa'dah conflict, was a military rebellion pitting Zaidi Shia Houthis (though the movement also includes Sunnis[46]) against the Yemeni military that began in Northern Yemen and has since escalated into a full-scale civil war. The conflict was sparked in 2004 by the government's attempt to arrest Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, a Zaidi religious leader of the Houthis and a former parliamentarian on whose head the government had placed a $55,000 bounty.[47]
Houthi insurgency | ||||||||
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Part of the Yemeni Crisis and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict | ||||||||
Houthi militants, September 2015 | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Saudi Arabia Supported by: Jordan[9] Morocco[10] Sudan[11] United States[12][13] |
Houthi Movement Yemen (pro-Saleh forces) Alleged support by: Iran[14][15] North Korea[16][17][18] Libya (until 2011, alleged) [19] | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Abdrabbuh Hadi (2001–2012) Amr Ali al-Uuzali †[citation needed] Ali Salem al-Ameri †[22] Ahmed Bawazeir †[22] Khalid bin Sultan (2011–2013) Saleh Al-Muhaya (2009–2011) |
Abdul Malik al-Houthi[23] Ali Abdullah Saleh (alleged from 2014 until his death in 2017) |
Nasir al-Wuhayshi † Qasim al-Raymi Nasser al-Ansi † Ibrahim al-Rubaish † Khalid Batarfi Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari † | ||||||
Strength | ||||||||
Yemen: |
Houthis | - | ||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
Yemen: |
3,700–5,500 rebels and civilians killed[citation needed] | - | ||||||
Total casualties: |
Initially, most of the fighting took place in Sa'dah Governorate in northwestern Yemen, but some of the fighting spread to neighbouring governorates Hajjah, 'Amran, al-Jawf and the Saudi province of Jizan. After the Houthi takeover of the capital city Sanaa in late 2014, the insurgency became a full-blown civil war with a major Saudi-led intervention in Yemen beginning in March 2015.[48]