Yemen's Houthis proxy, not ally for Iran - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Farea al-Muslimi

Farea al-Muslimi

Nov 19, 2014

A follower of the Shi'ite Houthi movement mans a machine gun mounted on a military pick up in Sanaa October 20, 2014. The truck was taken by the movement's fighters during recent clashes with army soldiers in Sanaa. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - RTR4AU1L — A follower of the Shiite Houthi movement mans a machine gun mounted on a military pickup in Sanaa, Oct. 20, 2014. — REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

A boy holds up flags of the Shi'ite Houthi movement during a ceremony commemorating the birth of Prophet Mohammed in Sanaa January 3, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: RELIGION ANNIVERSARY) - RTR4JYNI

Iran’s shallow influence in Yemen

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Followers of the Shi'ite Houthi group, also called Ansarullah march as they demand Yemen's National Security Agency be disbanded, in Sanaa July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX11RW8

Amid Yemeni Unification Efforts,Houthis Remain Delicate Issue

Farea al-Muslimi

Farea al-Muslimi

Why Iran doesn't want to stay in Yemen

Saeid Jafari

Shi'ite Houthi rebels ride a patrol truck in Yareem town of Yemen's central province of Ibb October 22, 2014. Houthi fighters clashed with supporters of the Sunni Muslim Islah party in Yareem, earlier this week, residents and local officials said, raising the spectre of a wider sectarian confrontation in the country, which shares a long border with the world's top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR4B6F7

Iran, Saudi Arabia jockey for power in Yemen

Bader al-Rashed

Bader al-Rashed