Shaul Shay
(Senior research fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Centre Herzliya and former deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council)
Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 11 January 2026
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The conflict in Yemen is a multi-layered war where internal rivalries are often fueled by regional powers and interests. Over the past decade, the Houthi movement "Ansar Allah" has been at the center of international attention in Yemen due to two wars waged by the movement:
Yemen’s civil war began in 2014, when the Houthis swept down from their northern stronghold and seized the capital, Sanaa, along with much of the country’s north. The rebel group has been at war with the government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition since 2015, in a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis and triggered a major humanitarian crisis.[Separatists tighten grip over southern Yemen, and airspace is briefly closed, AP , December 8, 2025. ] Both sides signed in April 2022 an UN-brokered ceasefire. .. Read more