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Source: TH
Context: In the last four weeks, Houthi militants from Yemen have attacked commercial ships 12 times. Prominent shipping fleet operators have paused/rerouted their movements through the Red Sea route.
The Houthi movement originated in the early 1990s in Yemen as a Zaydi revivalist group (a sect of Shia). Initially focused on religious and social networks, it evolved into a powerful force, leading insurgency against perceived corruption and external interventions. The Houthi-Saleh alliance captured Sana’a in 2015, triggering a civil war in Yemen.
Yemen is a country in West Asia located at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It shares borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman and maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Yemen is a member of the Arab League, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
