Abdul-Malik al-Houthi

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi is the leader of Yemen’s Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah. He succeeded his brother Hussein as the movement’s leader in 2004.

Hussein al-Houthi: Hussein al-Houthi founded the movement that became Ansar Allah and led its first armed rebellion against Yemen’s government. Abdul-Malik succeeded his brother Hussein as movement leader after Hussein’s death in 2004.
Ansar Allah: Ansar Allah is a Yemeni political and armed movement commonly known as the Houthis. It is the organization Abdul-Malik leads.
Zaydism: Zaydism is a branch of Shia Islam historically established in Yemen and distinguished by its jurisprudence and doctrines of leadership. The al-Houthi movement arose in Yemen’s Zaydi heartland, though it is not identical to Zaydism.
Yemeni civil war: The Yemeni civil war is the conflict that escalated after Houthi forces took Sanaa in 2014 and a Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015. Abdul-Malik’s movement became one of the war’s principal forces.
Ali Abdullah Saleh: Ali Abdullah Saleh was Yemen’s president from 1990 to 2012 and later allied with the Houthis before being killed in 2017. His shifting alliance with the Houthis shaped the movement’s rise and ended in conflict with its leaders.
Supreme Political Council: The Supreme Political Council is the governing body established by the Houthis and their allies in Sanaa in 2016. It provides a formal political structure for Houthi rule.
Saada insurgency: The Saada insurgency was a series of armed conflicts between Yemen’s government and Houthi forces from 2004 to 2010. The first uprising began in the year Abdul-Malik took over the movement.
Saudi-led intervention in Yemen: The Saudi-led intervention in Yemen began in 2015 with a military campaign against Houthi forces. It made the conflict led by Abdul-Malik’s movement an internationalized war.
Rashad al-Alimi: Rashad al-Alimi is Yemen’s president and head of the internationally recognized Presidential Leadership Council. He heads the rival political authority opposed to Houthi rule.
Houthi movement: The Houthi movement is a Yemeni political and armed movement rooted in the Zaydi community and centered in northern Yemen. Its organization and territorial power give Abdul-Malik’s leadership practical force.

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