Who are the Houthis? | 5 Minute History
The Houthis in Yemen have recently made the news for their involvement in halting shipping through the Bab al-Mandab Straight, prompting a naval response from a coalition involving the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Bahrain, the Netherlands, and Canada. The Houthis have been a household name in Yemen since at least the early 2000s, and played a key role as a fighting force in the Yemeni Civil War, starting in earnest in 2014. At current, they control large parts of the country, including the capital Sanaa.
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recently got a call from yemen and i was like Houthis?
🤦♂️ You got me.
It took me around five seconds.
crack me up@@VinnyUnion
damn
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It should be said that Saleh turned on the Houthis, leading a short-lived revolt which was prompted by a Saudi-plot to support and protect Saleh. Most of Saleh's Republican Guard remained loyal to the Houthis, who then dispatched Saleh rather quickly
Saleh had the houthis on iron fist whcih is amazing
@0:24 they're not named after "hussien al-houthi", Houthi is derived from "Houth" which is a location/area in Yemen. They're attributed to where they're from by adding the letter "i", since they're from Houth they're Houthi-. If they were from Aden, they'd be Aden-i, or if Sanaa they'be be Sanaan-i
elaborate further
@@molaptopmo-wh8owHe gave an entire paragraph of elaboration 💀
تحليل خاطئ
أتفضلو، اعطونا التحليل الصح@@user-vr8ic8xl7w
@@user-vr8ic8xl7w اتفضلو، اعطونا التحليل الصح
1:25 Bless you.
Abrabraba Mansur Al Hadi
You mean Praise Allah !!
There is no way you can convince me that you didn't just mumble that first part of that name 1:24
It was supposed to be abd rabuh mansor hadi, but something happened to the word rabuh for some reason
Abrrhrhedueh 😂
@@Thedimensionalwarrior allah says that he cannot give entry into paradise without demanding payment from you by forcing you to do gooddeeds & forcing you to suffer pain because he is incapable !! Jesus gives you entry into paradise free of cost because He paid by His death on the cross !!
@@savedchristian4754 All of that is nonsense, troll!
@@MatthewTheWanderer Why?
very good summary of the current situation, thanks especially for the maps which helped contextualize the situation
Hello Hilbert. My father having been in the Royal Navy just after WW2, he passed through this region to go out to the area that had been under the Japanese round Singapore. Even then he remembered it as potentially hostile, so unlike other comments I had taken an interest before. I remember seeing a documentary years back about Jews who used to live in this area, but have since been driven out in the face of hostility such as that described.
guess, what might be the reason for hostility against jews
Its in my opinion an incredible miracle that the tribes of Northern Yemen have been able to maintain there culture and religion that being the Zaidi sect of Shia Islam. Especially given the constant turmoil the entire region always has seen.
Same can be said for Iraq and Syria they were suppressed by all Islamic empire ummayad,Abbasid,seljuks etc they only remained bcoz of fighting back constant toppling of empires becoming strong that their enemies had to step back, Islamic ideology made it easier since they also believe in prophet Mohammed jehadism
Youseeff is a dumb name
Why it's how Levante Arab spell Yusuf (Joseph) @@tg4373
Region is stable in Saudi and Oman tho
@@ahmedelkhwaga2751 allah says that he cannot give entry into paradise without demanding payment from you by forcing you to do gooddeeds & forcing you to suffer pain because he is incapable !! Jesus gives you entry into paradise free of cost because He paid by His death on the cross !!
You mentioned the Netherlands at the end, didn't have time for the anthem? I was honestly expecting it. 😆
Love this series! Can you do a video on Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). They are the other islamist group operating in The Gaza Strip competing with Hamas.
They may cease to operate soon, I hope.
@@eranhaim9913 hope not
Wait too short of a video for a topic this huge
Surely should have been 'Houthis Hou This?'
Make 5 Minutes explained The lord resistance army Allied democratic forces Taang liberation army
Especially lord residence army.
Houthis and the Blowfish. Now I can die peacefully.
I thought of that immediately after hearing about them. I haven't since because it wasn't funny.
@jimbucket2996 Thirteen rebels disagree.
I saw like this comment a lot lately what did you mean ؟
Isreal and saop
Juice and Soap.
I am from Yemen and I would like to thank everyone who stood and stood in solidarity with us and the Yemenis in Taiwan, as we increased our support for rights for Gaza and the Palestinian cause, and it is our first cause that is more important than our calls as Yemenis. I would like to say that it is a failure and a human duty for everyone to believe in the continuation of the Palestinian story
1:25 Say who?
They gonna be past tense soon enough.
How? Who will take on them?
1:25 FATALITY
Will the real 1:25 please stand up?
4:35 / 4:50
Excellent video some errors though 2:10 they arent exactly backed by iran though they are opportunist just like hamas is they were backed by Saddam Hussein after his iran filled the vaccum You can notice that 🇸🇾 disallowed them although they pretend they are allies Im not a Houthi Fan but their Support For Palestine makes me one the whole Yemen united thats their specialty FUN FACT they were saudi allies once during the nasserist Era so politics is sketchy
Question? If they sent missiles into Saudi Arabia, does that mean Saudi Arabia can invade?
Saudi got defeated in 2004 and 2015
Yes but that’s useless as they wouldn’t stand a chance against the Yemenis’ guerrilla warfare along with the mountainous geography of Yemen
they did and failed.
Lines on maps are like oil and water. Blend it up draw some lines - give it some time to separate and the mixture ignores the lines…
Cool
Nearly a decade of Saudi and Emirati airstrikes, and anglos think their airstrikes will somehow make a difference
0:27 Wait, wasn't Saleh the name of the Houthi leader against Hadi? 1:08 Oh. 2:25 Well, okay.
Maybe you’re thinking of Saleh al-Arouri, a deputy leader of Hamas for decades until his death this year? Idk any Saleh in the Houthi movement 🤷♂️ The Saleh in Yemen is Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was President of North Yemen since 1978, then when the country unified in 1990 became president of all Yemen, and long overstayed his welcome remaining president until the Arab Spring revolts (which the Houthis took part in) deposed him in 2012.
@@LoudWaffle Thanks, but no. I was thinking of Yemen. Wikipedia says that he was the behind-the-scenes leader.
@@AT-rr2xw Who?
@@LoudWaffle en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh
@@AT-rr2xw This is a case of don't trust Wikipedia as a primary source. I can't access the article cited for that wild claim (even normal ways around paywalls don't work), but I've never seen that claim echoed anywhere else. The closest grain of truth it is that Saleh vocally declared support for the Houthis when they launched their 2015 civil war against Hadi, so Saleh's own supporters might have flocked to the Houthi side and thus probably led to their success in that war. But I'm even dubious of that because he did a 180 and went back to supporting Saudi Arabia in 2017, so he got assassinated by the Houthis - but public support for the Houthi cause wasn't significantly hampered by this. And he definitely absolutely was never a formal part of the Houthi movement, much less its command structure or pulling its strings as that Wiki sentence states.
The Houthi ultra shia, all you need to know
one thing's for sure: they sure are a hoot 😂😂
Curious as to whether the Houthis have any connection with the pre-1970 Kingdom of Yemen. The main forces in both cases seem to be Zaydi Shia.
They both zaydi and just only that the houthi are not the same family
Aint no bin laden in here all wanna bes they like trying to be hard when we both know these Arabs ain't hard crips and bloods got more aks those houthis get wore out like yesterday's boxers
Yiddis ain't shxt
They are considered a branch of the larger “unbrella” tribe known as the Banu Hamdan (“sons of Hamdan,” supposedly their progenitor). Two other branches of the Hamdans are the Bakil and Hashid tribes, who have been known as the “Wings of the Imam” for over a thousand years, since the first Zaidi Imamate was founded. Which makes sense because Zaidi Islam is popular in northern Yemen, which is where Banu Hamdan tribes all live, so they are probably all majority Zaidi.
But no I’m pretty certain that no Houthis held prominent positions in the Mutawakkilite Kingdom, though safe bet the tribe was part of it since it ruled over all of northern Yemen.
A good overview. It is certainly interesting to see the extent to which the interests of Iran are being undertaken here. Blocking shipping, and therefore international trade, is surely an efficient way to destabilise the West.
theyre blocking shippin that support Israeli genocide, not to destabilize the west. The soldiers in bases scattered accross the middle east are not wanted there
What name do you say at 1m 25s?!
Abdu rabih hadi was the president of half of yemen
Houthi are the real rulers of Yemen since the Ottoman empire They are the ones that defeated the Ottoman empire
You seem unbiased like a Ecuadorian saying Hispanics are the best in the world
@@Yes-qj4bi it is true fact, way back in 19th century
Under that logic the British defeated the ottomans to gain control of Aden, therefore clearly the British are the real rulers The formation of Yemen as one state happened well after the defeat of the ottomans
@@chrissmith3587 wrong Yemen historical well known in that region
@@ibrahimmohammedibrahim9273 How many years have the Arabs been in Palestine since the Arab conquests. Once you find that number find how many years the people living there pre Arab conquests have been there. Then tell me who's more historically well known to live in that region.
Very interesting.. Basically an impoverished government can't hold its people down for long
I am Yemeni 🇾🇪, and I want to clarify some of the wrong things that were mentioned in the report. First, the Houthis are not agents of Iran despite being allies. Second, in 2017, the Houthis did not turn against Ali Abdullah Saleh, but rather he was the one who fought them, and they did not kill him in his home. Rather, he is on his way to escape out of Yemen. Thirdly, I said in the report that the reason for the coalition launching a war against the Houthis was because of the Houthis’ coup against Abd Rabbuh Hadi, and this is a mistake. In fact, the war was announced in Washington, D.C., while Abd Rabbuh did not know about the war at all. He appeared in an interview in which he said that he was surprised by the start of the war... He also added that the Houthis did not hijack the ship, but rather they ordered it to return and not proceed, then they warned it, and when they refused to obey the orders, the Houthis applied international maritime protocols that authorize the seizure of the ship as it had violated the orders and insisted To cross, which is considered aggressive behavior.
صحيح👍👍
Lmao keep your propaganda for your own okay.
@@axelrose9383what blud yapping abt💀
@@axelrose9383this is actually true lmao the video is the propaganda
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If the Houthis keep it up, they will be significantly reduced in numbers.
No.. Recruits will fill their ranks
@@barryirlandi4217 The number of Houthis is limited.
@@unbreakable7633 ليس محدود ومستحيل احد يستطيع القضاء عليهم أكثر الشعب اليمني مع الحوثي بإختصار الحوثي عندة جميع الإمكانيات من سلاح من جمهور من مواقع إستراتيجية
@@alsaqralyemeni-so3kpمب أكثرهم، نصهم يدعموا نصهم لا، عندنا بحضرموت محد يدعم
Biden never has the balls to kick the houthis
انا يمني و اقول كلامك كلو غلط 😂
صحيح 😂😂😂
PS: they were recently re designated as a foreign terror organisation by the State Department
Seems like “The Troubles” in the Middle East.
Troubles ? You mean disaster
Way worse. Way way worse
"The Troubles" is a rather odd term anyway to describe the Irish conflicts. It was nothing less than a brutal civil war.
@@noahbrock349Brutal, but slow-burning. Understated names for major events is a rather common thing in this part of the world.
The middle east always has troubles, the situation in yemen isn't that different from the one in Syria, or in Iraq a few years ago, or Lebanon a few decades ago, etc
I had no idea who they were until a week ago. Right now I think the Houthis really need to be dealt with. They're just being a nuisance.
@@jacobblack2381 They don't care
@@jacobblack2381How is it a genocide? This word has completely lost its meaning.
@@noahbrock349 It's An Ongoing Genocide Against a People who hv been Oppressed Murdered Arrested and Ethnically cleansed from their Lands Wake Up !
@@noahbrock349 A indiscriminate military campaign to exile a civilian population from their land in their entirety fits any definition of genocide you could possibly concoct
What is a recent nuisance to you is the result of decades of conflict and foreign intervention. Its these impulsive wars that ignore the reality on the ground which has cost america so many defeats in that region.
As a Afrikaans speaker they Hout🌲ies😅🇿🇦
Lol another South African hi
South Africa sucks! Poes!!!!
I am Yemeni and I am proud and honored to be Yemeni and follow the Houthi group I would like to make it clear to everyone and to all our brothers in the Islamic world that they must return sincerely to the Holy Qur’an, because the Holy Qur’an directs us to the right path, and through the Qur’an we will preserve all our peoples, values, morals, and religion. We will be a strong nation and strong Islamic people. The forces of evil face the forces of crime, the enemy of mankind, and humanity killed the prophets, the temporary entity Israel We assure you that God promised us victory over the Jews, that He is our ally and with us, and that He is the Powerful and Conquering God above His servants.
Crips are tougher than houthis
Houthis fight against world powers while you fight your brothers for living in a different neighborhood
@@superiorshotgun4348houthis also fight in the name of a invisible sky daddy who approves of pedophilia,murder and other horrible acts so at least the crips fight for something that accually exists. It might be stupid but at least those neighborhoods are proven to exist
Bruh, stop smoking weed. 🚬 It's making you yap with no logic.
Don't get why people that think that god is great so they can do what ever they want. Clearly God is great, not you Muslims.
Abdulhwkdylnslbhj Hadi
100th comment 😅
Now tell us about Houdunnit
Who these?
Fake information, im from Yemen, this video is not correct
Based houthi
Houthis ain't shxt
Iran and Yemen are in relation in terms of Islam nothing more. Yemen is supported by Allah through a little bit of reason given to Allah. Don't acknowledge so, but it doesn't make any difference either you admit it or you don't.
Take report as it was made for money
The Arab spring is the worst event in the modern arab world
The worst event in Arab history was the creation of Islam. May Israel and the west free us of that disease
Australia, always guilty, never sorry. We are pathetic.
Wdym?
Idk about attacking civilian ships, but their slogan sure is fire😂
not civilian but cargo ships that have relation with jews.
@@berdigylychrejepbayev7503having relations with jews is bad? But hey if all jews are terrible and attacking anyone associated with them is fine to kill/kidnap or torture then all muslims are terrorist and anyone associating with them is fine to kill/kidnap and torture. I think your antisemetic brain dosent understand that the state of israel and jews are diffrent things. By your logic all muslim nations should have been destroyed to the last man after the first ever islamic terrorist strike. Actions of goverments and armies do not represent the feelings and wants of all the people under them
As a Jew I think it’s cool that they’re blunt about it. Still like find a life stop supporting your jihadi friends… whatever your day will come
try not to kill children and not to steal land then, Eran. it is not that hard@@eranhaim9913
@@eranhaim9913 I agree. Them saying it outright shows their true motives. I am also a jew, nice to find a reasonable person here
No mention of how the conflicts you mention involved *_a genocide,_* by the Saudis (with US support), against the Yemenis? (including the Houthis [who are a people!], and the Anṣar Allah) ... And then you then describe their bombing of ships, without any mention, that they say that it is about specifically attacking ships that are going to Israel (though, to be fair, they appear to have attacked some other, unrelated, ships), or how they are saying that they'd stop, as soon as there is a cease fire, in Gaza. Anṣar Allah are bad people, sure, but lying about how bad they are, and lying about how not bad their enemies are, is completely unjustifiable. This video is clearly misleading, twisting the facts, and demonstrates a clear bias.
Of 22 civilian ships targetted by Houthi attacks (as of January 18th): only 4 had some sort of involvement by Israeli businessmen (as private citizens) in their operating companies; 1 had previously had an Israeli shareholder, but who had divested all stock in the company months before; 1 had cooperated with Israel previously in regards to a sister ship being warned by Houthis; and only 2 with Israel as their destination (for one, only as a stopover point); meaning a majority 14 of them had exactly 0 relations to Israel (and most not even with the US). So yeah despite their claims of only targetting ships headed for Israel, the attacks have been very indiscriminate, and most of the ships which have had any relation to Israel were bot even heading to or from it (just had some Israeli businessman involved in their corporate leadership). My impression is that Iran gave them an outdated and very speculative list of shipping vessels which may be traced back to Israel tangentially… or they just attacked randomly and got lucky a few times (as much as I loathe describing the attacking of innocent civilians as lucky).
@@LoudWaffle _"only 4 had some sort of involvement by Israeli businessmen"_ Israeli businessmen? Given that the issue has nothing to do with Israeli businessmen, but with whether or not they are shipping things to/from Israel, I can only assume that you said that, as a way to mislead, because the *_actually relevant_* numbers, show that they have mainly targeted ships that were going to/from Israel. It also tells me, that you are clearly just spouting propaganda lies, and I needn't waste my time, reading any more of your comment.
1.Incomplete,not biased,even if it appears so to you.Knowing Hilbert he wouldn't be intentionally misleading. 2.This video is 5 minutes,give it a break. 3.It is focused on the Houthis,not the Saudi intervention.
@@ZarlanTheGreen None of the info I’ve seen has shown any of the ships, save the two I mentioned, having Israel as a registered destination or port of call. If you have a source of information that says otherwise, please do share it. If not, let me finish the convo by saying it is funny how those who cry the most about propoganda are always the quickest to shut their eyes and ears when they encounter information they don’t like.
Absolutely bizarre! Apparently we’re to give them a break on bombing ships unrelated to Israel because, after all, they were TRYING to attack Israelis, which, in the mind of one who complains bitterly about genocide, would make it all OK?
Houthis is a stupid name
Cry about it. 😂
Why do you pronounce the 'a' in 'islam', as... as a Swede, I'd like to say 'ä'. According to the IPA it's [ɛː]. I've never, ever, heard anyone from the Middle East (Arab or otherwise) ever pronouncing the 'a', anywhere close to that way. The way that English speakers normally pronounce ''islam', is far closer to how Arabs say it. The Arabic pronunciation of the 'a', is [aː], BTW.
Quick answer Sand people.
that's.racist
theyre the fucking GOATS thats who they are
No they sleep with goats.
@@vondas1480 they're not afghan.
Satellites can read the time on my watch. Don't give any BS that they don't know EXACTLY where the Houthis are and where they are launching missles from.
Houthis ruled yemen naturally for 1000yrs before saudies allied with europens against yemen after they betrayed the ottomons .
Liar
Misinformation
0:35 BASED
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Hilbert refering to them as Rebels is not of NEUTRAL journalism and history why dont you refer to the ukraine zelizinsky regime as Rebels
Because the armed wing of the Houthi movement was formed as a paramilitary not under the control of the internationally-recognised Yemeni state and fought against it. Zelenskyy's government is internationally-recognised. Note the definition of a rebel: a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader.
What r u on about Yemen's in a civil war
Simple: heroes of the red sea
The houthis are right
No. The Houthis are the members of the Houthi tribe. They are a people. What you're talking about, is the Houthi rebels/movement. That's not the same thing. Saying Houthi means the rebels/movement, is to conflate the people with the rebels/movement. This is very misleading and arguably racist.
To the english-speaking world, the movement is what “Houthis” refers to first and foremost. And how is it racist? They are a tribe, not an ethnicity or race, and the movement is named after them because their leaders were from that tribe, simple as that.
@@LoudWaffle _"To the english-speaking world, the movement is what “Houthis” refers to first and foremost."_ So what? That doesn't make what I said, any less true. _"and the movement is named after them"_ By the movement? By the tribe? No. By people trying to conflate the movement, so as to demonize the tribe. _"because their leaders were from that tribe, simple as that."_ You never do that, with any other movement/people, nor would you accept it, for any other movement/people. So why are you fine with it, in the case of the Houthis?
@@ZarlanTheGreen Who is trying to demonize the whole tribe? The only times “Houthi” is mentioned in English media I’ve seen is to refer to the movement Ansar Allah, or alongside that to clarify that the name derives from the Houthi tribe which their initial leaders were from. And why are you speaking like you know me? I acknowledge that it is a misnomer, I’m am simply pointing out that what you’re saying is disconnected from how the word is actually being used; I’m explaining how things are, not justifying anything.
@@LoudWaffle People don't routinely say "Houthi" when talking about Ansar Allah? Saying "Houthi rebels" doesn't encourage that error? You're clearly lying.
Short answer: sand people
Wrong and stupid.. Yeman is mountains not Desert
@@barryirlandi4217 same thing.
White people trying not to be racist for 1 second:
You dumb
@@mrrandom1265I guess USA and the Middle East are really the same
I wonder where they get their weapons from. Ukraine maybe??
Yemeni army and iran
It all goes back to Iran. The Iranian regime appear to be at the root of all evil in the world at the moment.
What?
Yemani is not short on weapons
@@noahbrock349no, that would be Israel. It is their colonial state that is the reason for the war and death in the whole region.. Well,not Israel but the Americans support for Israel
Israel attacked Palestinians you are misguided
When?
@@MrMah-zf6jk 1948
@@MrMah-zf6jkit seems your memory only start in 7 oct, and i see sign of IQ lower than 80 in you, get some help
@@ahmedelkhwaga2751 the Arabs started that war.
@@MrMah-zf6jk lol back to Europe
Houthi is not a tribe rather it is an city in north of Sanna Al-Houthi is from the same tribe as Jordanian King and Moroccan king. All said to be descendants of Prophet Mohammed’s (pace be upon him) son-in-law & cousin Ali (May Allah accept and bless him).
Houthis is weak goat hoarders ain't no real gangsters they weak come to Compton ho u want some
…no, the city the Zaidi sect and Houthi tribe has operated out of for centuries is called Sa’ada, there is no city called Houthi. Houthi is the name of a tribe (or rather, conglomeration of tribes). And yes, they claim descent from the Prophet but so does every Arab leader, so who’s to say.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Isn`t everything that happen is a will of the God? Threfore God isn`t willing for palestine to be free. If so, why would you say such godless things? Are you an infidel??
@@linki61no
Free Palestine ❤❤❤❤❤
What is Palestine? Is that some sort of crypto coin? I’ve seen tones of ads saying free Palestine but I ain’t buying it’s really free.
@@eranhaim9913Come on Zionist. Don't act brain dead. You know what that is.
Houthis are shia-rawafid kuffar, like the Iranian rawafid, they aren't muslims!!!
What are you yapping about?😊
@@mrcocoloco7200 What didn't you understand??? I've written clear words. Are you shiia?
@@Adam_True No man, that's sounds like Tribal bullcrap. How are they not Muslims. What are the rules 🤔 this feels like the whole Catholic vs. Orthodox crap again.
@@Adam_True Don't worry about it. I just responded to your question, and for some reason, KZhead deleted it. So I lost interest, so let's move on.
@@mrcocoloco7200 Hahahah, good, go your way!!!