Who Is Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, Leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah Movement?

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi leads Ansar Allah, the Yemeni movement widely known as the Houthis. Under his leadership, the group has become a dominant military and political force in northern Yemen and a central actor in the country’s prolonged conflict.

Rooted in Yemen’s Zaydi Shiite community, the movement grew out of religious and political