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Houthi insurgency
Part of the Yemeni Crisis and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

Houthi militants, September 2015
Date18 June 2004 – 16 September 2014
(10 years, 2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Former North Yemen
Result

Houthi victory; Conflict escalates into a full-scale civil war with the Yemeni government and foreign intervention[13]

  • Houthi rebels take over Sa'dah[14] and establish an independent administration[15][16] in Sa'dah Governorate and parts of 'Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah.[17]
  • Houthis take control of Sanaa[18][19]
  • Yemeni government under President Hadi relocated from Sanaa to Aden
Belligerents

Houthi insurgency Yemen

  • Security Forces
  • Sunni tribes[1]
  • Houthi insurgency Al-Islah militias
Houthi insurgency Saudi Arabia
Supported by:
Houthi insurgency Jordan[2]
Houthi insurgency Morocco[3]
Houthi insurgency United States[4][5]		 Houthi insurgency Houthi Movement
Houthi insurgency Yemen (pro-Saleh forces)
Alleged support by:
Houthi insurgency Iran[6][7]
Houthi insurgency North Korea[8][9][10]
Houthi insurgency Libya (until 2011, alleged) [11]

Houthi insurgency Ansar al-Sharia

  • al-Qaeda[12]
Commanders and leaders

Yemen Abdrabbuh Hadi
(2012–2015)
Yemen Hameed Al-Qushaibi †[20]
Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh
(2004–2012) †
Yemen Mohammed Basindawa
(2011–2014)
Yemen Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar
(2004–2014)
Yemen Ali Muhammad Mujawar
(2007–2011)
Yemen Abdul Qadir Bajamal
(2001–2007)
Yemen Ahmed Saleh
(2000–2012)

Yemen Yahya Saleh
(2001–2012)
Yemen Amr Ali al-Uuzali †[citation needed]
Yemen Ali Salem al-Ameri †[21]
Yemen Ahmed Bawazeir †[21]
Saudi Arabia Khalid bin Sultan
(2011–2013)
Saudi Arabia Saleh Al-Muhaya
(2009–2011)

Houthi insurgency Abdul Malik al-Houthi[22]
Houthi insurgency Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi †
Houthi insurgency Yahia al-Houthi
Houthi insurgency Muhammad al-Houthi
Houthi insurgency Abdul-Karim al-Houthi
Houthi insurgency Abdullah al-Ruzami  (POW)3
Houthi insurgency Abu Ali al-Hakem
Houthi insurgency Yusuf al-Madani
Houthi insurgency Taha al-Madani
Houthi insurgency Abu Haider †
Houthi insurgency Abbas Aidah †
Houthi insurgency Mohammad Abd al-Salam
Houthi insurgency Ali al-Qantawi †
Houthi insurgency Fares Mana'a4[16]

Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh (alleged from 2014 until his death in 2017)
Yemen Ahmed Saleh (alleged from 2014)

Yemen Yahya Saleh (alleged since 2014)		 Houthi insurgency Nasir al-Wuhayshi †
Houthi insurgency Qasim al-Raymi
Houthi insurgency Nasser al-Ansi †
Houthi insurgency Ibrahim al-Rubaish †
Houthi insurgency Khalid Batarfi
Houthi insurgency Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari †
Strength

Yemen:
30,000 soldiers in-theatre[23]
66,700 total[24]
27,000 tribal fighters[25]
Saudi Arabia:
100,000 deployed[26]

199,500 total[24]

Houthis
2,000 (2004)[27]
10,000 (2009)[28]

100,000 (2011)[29][30]		 -
Casualties and losses

Yemen:
1,000–1,300 killed
6,000 wounded[31][32][33]
(Yemeni claim)
2,600–3,000 killed
8,000 wounded[34]
(Independent estimates)
495 captured
(all released)[34][35][36][37]
Saudi Arabia:
133 KIA[38]
470 WIA[citation needed]

6 MIA/POW[38]

3,700–5,500 rebels and civilians killed[citation needed]

3,000 arrested[39]		 -

Total casualties:
Hundreds to thousands killed (humanitarian organizations), 25,000 (Houthi sources)[40]
2,000 Sa'dah residents handicapped[41]
250,000 Yemenis displaced[42]

1.General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar in charge of Yemeni operations against the Houthis until 2011 when he deserted.
2.Sheikh Badreddin al-Houthi died of natural causes in November 2010
3.Sheikh Abdullah al-Ruzami turned himself in to the authorities in 2005, but later he was released

4.Sheikh Farris Mana'a was a government ally until his arrest in 2010, after which he endorsed the Houthis and was appointed to head their administration.

The Houthi insurgency,[43][44] 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[45]) 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.[46]

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.[47]

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  2. ^ "Saudis 'in a panic mode' as Shi'ite rebels move North from Yemen". Worldtribune.com. 4 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
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  8. ^ "North Korea's Balancing Act in the Persian Gulf". HuffPost. 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015. North Korea's military support for Houthi rebels in Yemen is the latest manifestation of its support for anti-American forces.
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  15. ^ Yemen Post Staff (27 March 2011). "Houthi Group Appoints Arms Dealer as Governor of Sa'ada province". Yemen Post. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
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  20. ^ EIU Digital Solutions. "Death of military commander sparks fears for transition". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  21. ^ a b "Top Yemeni officers die in ambush". BBC News. 2009-11-04. Archived from the original on 2021-08-10. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Yemen: Houthi leader hails 'revolution'". BBC News. 24 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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  24. ^ a b Center for Strategic and International Studies The Middle East Military Balance Archived 2016-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2005.
  25. ^ Salmoni, Barak A.; Loidolt, Bryce; Wells, Madeleine (2010-04-28). Regime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon - Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells - Google Boeken. Rand Corporation. ISBN 9780833049742. Retrieved 17 October 2014 – via Google Books.
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  27. ^ Hakim Almasmari (10 April 2010). "Thousands Expected to die in 2010 in Fight against Al-Qaeda". Yemen Post. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  28. ^ "Peninsula on the brink". Ahram.org.eg. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  29. ^ CNN Medics: Militants raid Yemen town, killing dozens Archived 2011-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, November 27, 2011.
  30. ^ Houthis Kill 24 in North Yemen Archived 2011-11-30 at the Wayback Machine, 27 November 2011.
  31. ^ "Yemeni Authorities Set Conditions for Ending Military Operations in Sa'ada- Yemen Post English Newspaper Online". Yemen Post. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
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  38. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference saud was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  39. ^ Barak A. Salmoni; Bryce Loidolt; Madeleine Wells (2010). "Regime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon" (PDF). RAND National Defense Research Institute. p. xv. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
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