The Ansar Allah or supporters of god in Arabic are a militant group and political party with a province in Western Yemen funded and supported by Iran against Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Western world. The group is often referred to as the Houthis by Westerners and was created in the Yemeni Civil War where it rose to power destroying the previous government. Recently, the Houthis who Iran supports have been reaching the headlines for their direct attacks on international shipping which have caused the USA to launch, ‘Operation Prosperity Freedom’. This is their story…
History of the Ansar Allah
A Brief History of Yemen
The Ansar Allah is directly intertwined with the history of Yemen specifically the Yemeni Civil Wars which continue raging to this day.In 1839 the British Empire seeking to establish their presence in the Red Sea after the creation of the Suez Canal and solidify their access to British India occupied South Eastern Yemen with the Ottoman Empire controlling the other portions. This…
