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Houthi fighters march in front of a large banner with a phot of the movement's leader
Image: Khaled Abdullah/REUTERSImage: Khaled Abdullah/REUTERS

Houthis

The Houthi rebel group is an Iran-backed Shiite Muslim militia that has fought a civil war in Yemen since 2014. It recently began launching attacks on cargo ships affiliated with Israel in the Red Sea.

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