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Armed group · Yemen

Ansar Allah (the Houthis)

In the record: 2 statements, 1 checkable claim, the acting party in 65 events, the target in 26 events.

Kind: Armed group
Country: Yemen
Reference: Wikidata Q1046935

Track record

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Claims it made (1)

OpenSaid 1 Aug 2026

No fees are being charged on ships transiting Bab el-Mandeb.

What it said (2)

Said: 2 statements, not counted as events

Said

08/01Ansar Allah (the Houthis): The Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied reports that it planned to charge fees on ships transiting Bab el-Mandeb, saying no such decision had been made and passage remained free.

Foreign audience · ar

Said

02/28Ansar Allah (the Houthis): Two senior Houthi officials, speaking anonymously to AP, said the group had decided to resume missile and drone attacks on Israel and on shipping routes in support of Iran; there was no official announcement.

Foreign audience · ar

Events where it acted (65)

Reported

10/25 Saudi Arabia intercepts a barrage of missiles and drones, with debris falling in Mecca province; two injured in the south

Mecca Province · 3 sources

Reported

10/24 Houthi missiles target Aden airport for the fourth time this month, Yemen's transport ministry says; coastguard headquarters hit

Aden · 1 source

Reported

10/23 OCHA says Taiz has been cut off for 20 days, with trucked water prices tripled and cooking gas largely unavailable

Taiz · 1 source

Reported

10/21 Yemeni army says Houthi missiles targeted Aden and Mukalla airports and a factory in Taiz; Houthis say they hit a coalition camp

Aden · 1 source

Reported

10/20 UNHCR says more than 250,000 displaced in Yemen since July; UN rights chief tells the Houthis to open the Taiz route

Taiz · 2 sources

Reported

10/19 Houthi ballistic missiles strike a training camp in Shabwa, killing at least 53; local authorities later raise the toll to 73

Shabwa Governorate · 3 sources

Reported

10/18 Eight government soldiers killed in Lahij as fighting spreads across Taiz, Marib and al-Jawf fronts

Lahij Governorate · 1 source

Reported

10/18 Saudi National Guard helicopter crashes near Najran killing both officers; coalition blames a malfunction, the Houthis claim a shootdown

Najran · 2 sources

Reported

10/16 Two missiles land near the runway at Aden airport, 500 metres from a departing plane; the Houthis say they hit a Saudi command base

Aden · 1 source

Reported

10/15 Houthi missiles strike the presidential palace in Aden, killing five and injuring 16, Yemen's health minister says

Aden · 2 sources

Reported

10/14 Coalition says it destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile fired at Riyadh; civil defence issues alerts for Riyadh and Al-Kharj

Riyadh · 2 sources

Reported

10/13 Rights group says Houthi fire killed at least five civilians including a five-year-old girl in Taiz in 24 hours

Taiz · 1 source

Reported

10/13 Missile strike sets fire to an Aramco administrative building in Dhahran with no casualties; debris injures four in Riyadh

Dhahran · 3 sources

Reported

10/12 Coalition says it intercepted a Houthi missile fired at Riyadh and two at Khamis Mushait as Riyadh is targeted for a third day

Riyadh · 1 source

Reported

10/11 Projectile hits domestic terminals at Riyadh airport, killing a Pakistani resident and injuring 11; Dammam airport also attacked

King Khalid International Airport · 3 sources

Reported

10/10 Yemen's health ministry warns Taiz hospitals are close to collapse under a Houthi siege

Taiz · 1 source

Reported

10/10 Strike on Riyadh's King Khalid airport kills at least 12 and wounds 309, Saudi aviation authority says

King Khalid International Airport · 3 sources

Reported

10/08 Missile attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid airport kill three Saudis including a Saudia pilot, aviation authority says

King Khalid International Airport · 3 sources

Reported

10/07 Yemeni government says Houthi missiles and drones targeted Aden airport, forcing a Cairo flight to divert

Aden · 1 source

Reported

10/07 Attacks on Abha and Riyadh airports kill three foreign residents and injure 36, Saudi aviation authority says

Abha · 1 source

Reported

10/05 Attacks on Jazan and Najran airports injure three, Saudi aviation authority says; the Houthis say they hit sites in southern Saudi Arabia

Jazan · 1 source

Disputed

10/03 Flames seen at an Aramco facility south of Riyadh after the Houthis claim a missile and drone attack; coalition calls the claims misleading

Riyadh · 3 sources

Reported

10/01 Yemen registers nearly 198,000 newly displaced people as fighting spreads across Taiz fronts

Taiz Governorate · 1 source

Reported

10/01 Saudi-led coalition says it downed Houthi drones and missiles over southern Saudi Arabia and blames Houthis for a Medina power hit

Khamis Mushait · 2 sources

Reported

09/26 Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi drones launched at Riyadh; alerts sounded in Khamis Mushait and Abha

Riyadh · 1 source

Reported

09/24 Yemen's government says it repelled overnight Houthi attacks on the Hejat al-Abd pass on the supply route to Aden

Taiz Governorate · 1 source

Confirmed

09/24 Saudi-led coalition says it shot down six Houthi ballistic missiles fired at Taif and Yanbu

Yanbu · 2 sources

Reported

09/23 IRGC personnel helped direct the Houthi seizure of Yemen's Red Sea coast, officials and soldiers tell AP

Yemen · 1 source

Reported

09/22 Yemen fighting kills more than 150 in two days across Taiz, al-Jawf, Marib and Saada, tallies from both sides show

Taiz Governorate · 1 source

Reported

09/21 IOM says nearly 130,000 people are displaced across seven Yemeni governorates by the Houthi advance

Taiz Governorate · 1 source

Confirmed

09/19 Explosions heard in Riyadh in the first air raid alert for the capital; coalition says a Houthi ballistic missile was intercepted

Riyadh · 4 sources

Reported

09/17 One killed and two injured as a drone is intercepted over Taif, Saudi state TV says

Taif · 1 source

Reported

09/16 US officials met Houthi representatives at the US embassy in Muscat over the weekend, sources tell Reuters

Muscat · 1 source

Reported

09/16 Houthis claim attacks on a Khamis Mushait air base and Aramco sites at Yanbu, and say they downed a Saudi F-15

Yanbu · 3 sources

Disputed

09/16 Saudi-led coalition says it downed a Houthi drone heading for Mecca; the Houthis deny launching it

Mecca · 3 sources

Reported

09/15 Houthis claim a large attack on King Khalid Air Base; Saudi-led coalition vows a firm response; eight Yemeni soldiers killed

Khamis Mushait · 1 source

Reported

09/14 Houthi attacks on Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif injure 13 civilians, the Saudi-led coalition says; alerts sound in six cities

Asir Province · 2 sources

Reported

09/12 Houthi projectile wounds two and damages a mosque in Jazan; Houthis say they struck a Saudi base at Sharurah

Jazan Province · 2 sources

Confirmed

09/11 Houthis take Perim (Mayyun) and the Hanish islands after government forces withdraw, completing control of the Bab al-Mandab shore

Perim · 4 sources

Reported

09/10 Houthi forces take the Red Sea port city of Mokha near Bab al-Mandab, Yemeni government sources say

Mokha · 2 sources

Reported

09/08 Houthi missile and drone attacks on southern Saudi cities wound 73 and set energy facilities on fire, halting some operations

Jazan Province · 3 sources

Reported

09/05 More than 60 killed in a day of Houthi-government fighting in southwest Yemen, including six civilians on a bus in Taiz

Taiz Governorate · 1 source

Reported

09/03 Houthis launch a ground offensive toward Bab al-Mandab near Mokha and Taiz; AFP tally reaches 129 dead in two days

Taiz Governorate · 1 source

Confirmed

08/24 Saudi supertanker Amzan hit by a projectile 63 nautical miles west of Yanbu; Houthis claim the attack

Red Sea · 3 sources

Reported

08/20 Houthis say they attacked Najran airport and an Aramco facility in southern Saudi Arabia with drones

Najran · 1 source

Confirmed

08/18 Houthis say they sent drones at the Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia's Jazan; no Saudi confirmation

Jazan · 2 sources

Reported

08/15 Yemen's Mokha port suspends operations after more than 25 missiles hit it in recent days, port director says

Mokha port · 1 source

Reported

08/14 Yemen's government says six Houthi ballistic missiles hit Mocha, killing at least four civilians

Mokha · 3 sources

Reported

08/13 Houthis say they attacked Aramco's Jazan refinery again with two drones

Jazan refinery · 1 source

Reported

08/11 Six killed as missiles hit the cargo ship Tihamah in Bab el-Mandeb and a follow-up strike hits rescuers

Bab el-Mandeb · 2 sources

Reported

08/09 Houthi missile and drone attacks on Yemen's Mokha port kill at least 11, a medical source tells AFP

Mokha · 3 sources

Reported

08/09 Fire at Aramco's Jazan refinery put out after the Houthis claim a drone strike

Jazan refinery · 3 sources

Reported

08/07 Yemen's army says 18 government security personnel killed in a Houthi missile and drone assault

Yemen · 4 sources

Reported

08/05 Houthis claim missile strikes on two Saudi tankers; UKMTO reports a blast near a tanker in the Gulf of Aden

Gulf of Aden · 3 sources

Confirmed

08/05 Vessel sinks north of Bab al-Mandeb after being hit by an uncrewed surface vessel; crew rescued

Southern Red Sea · 3 sources

Reported

08/04 Houthis claim an attack on Saudi Arabia's Najran airport

Najran · 1 source

Reported

07/28 Houthis say they fired ballistic missiles at the Saudi tanker NCC Ghazal; UKMTO reports an explosion near a tanker, crew safe

Red Sea · 2 sources

Confirmed

07/25 Houthis fire missiles and drones at Aramco facilities in Jizan and Yanbu; sirens sound in both Saudi provinces

Jizan · 4 sources

Confirmed

07/22 Houthis claim missile and drone strikes on two Saudi-linked tankers in the Red Sea; Saudi Arabia confirms one was set ablaze

Red Sea · 4 sources

Confirmed

07/20 Yemen's Houthis declare a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia "effective immediately"

Sanaa · 2 sources

Confirmed

07/13 Yemeni government bombs Sanaa airport runway to stop an Iranian plane; Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia

Sanaa · 4 sources

Reported

07/04 Houthi attack on government positions near Hodeidah kills 16 troops in the fiercest clashes in years

Hodeidah Governorate · 1 source

Reported

07/03 Houthis say they turned back Saudi jets to let an Iranian civilian plane land in Sanaa, and threaten Saudi airports

Sanaa · 2 sources

Reported

04/28 Houthis say they are 'not neutral' and warn they could close the Bab al-Mandeb

Bab el-Mandeb · 1 source

Reported

03/28 Houthis fire ballistic missiles at Israel, their first strikes of the war; Israel says it intercepted one

Southern Israel · 1 source

Events where it was the target (26)

Reported

10/26 Coalition says it destroyed two Houthi missile launchers in Sanaa; the Houthis claim strikes on East-West pipeline pumping stations

Sanaa · 2 sources

Reported

10/25 Yemeni forces in Shabwa say they seized a truck of sea-smuggled weapons for the Houthis and arrested 13; camp strike toll put at 77

Shabwa Governorate · 1 source

Reported

10/22 Fighting intensifies around Taiz; government says it will target Houthi recruitment rallies

Taiz Governorate · 1 source

Confirmed

10/22 European Parliament calls on the EU to list the Houthis as a terrorist group, citing attacks on Gulf states

Brussels · 2 sources

Reported

10/18 Eight government soldiers killed in Lahij as fighting spreads across Taiz, Marib and al-Jawf fronts

Lahij Governorate · 1 source

Reported

10/18 GCC says an attack on any member affects all six and backs Saudi Arabia's right to defend itself against the Houthis

Manama · 2 sources

Reported

10/08 Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed 82 Houthi targets and vows the airport attacks "will not go unpunished"

Yemen · 2 sources

Reported

10/06 Pro-government forces launch an offensive to retake al-Waziiya district in Taiz from the Houthis

Al-Waziiya District · 1 source

Reported

10/05 Yemeni government says its forces took Dhubab and effective control of the Bab el-Mandeb strait; coalition says 324 Houthi targets destroyed

Dhubab · 2 sources

Reported

10/05 Turkey and Pakistan agree to deploy forces to Saudi Arabia under the Makkah defence pact as Houthi attacks continue

Riyadh · 1 source

Reported

10/04 Yemen's presidential council head announces a military operation to retake all Houthi-held territory

Yemen · 2 sources

Reported

10/03 Yemeni government forces say they carried out 257 strikes on Houthi targets including Sanaa and killed at least 700 fighters

Sanaa · 1 source

Reported

10/02 Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against the Houthis to secure the Red Sea route, officials tell Reuters

Yemen · 1 source

Reported

09/28 Yemeni government forces claim 356 operations and 476 Houthi fighters killed or wounded in 24 hours; Houthis report 38 Saudi strikes

Yemen · 2 sources

Confirmed

09/25 UN Security Council condemns continued Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

New York · 1 source

Confirmed

09/22 G7 foreign ministers urge Iran to stop arming the Houthis and condemn Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia

New York · 2 sources

Confirmed

09/21 UK says the RAF will refuel Saudi aircraft for a few weeks to help counter Houthi attacks

Saudi Arabia · 1 source

Reported

09/18 Houthis say Saudi Arabia launched 26 strikes on areas they hold in 24 hours and about 300 in a week

Yemen · 1 source

Reported

09/17 Houthi media say Saudi strikes hit telecom towers in Taiz and that government strikes killed three children

Taiz Governorate · 2 sources

Reported

09/13 Houthi media report two Saudi strikes on Saada and artillery fire in the border district of Monabbih

Saada Governorate · 1 source

Reported

09/12 Yemeni government forces say they struck Houthi fighters near Mokha and began shelling the city; residents flee to Aden

Mokha · 1 source

Reported

09/09 Houthis report dozens of Saudi airstrikes across Yemen; Pakistan relays a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in the Houthis

Marib Governorate · 2 sources

Reported

09/08 Houthi health authorities say Saudi strikes in northern Yemen killed or wounded 14, including at a prison holding 35 inmates

Al Jawf Governorate · 1 source

Reported

09/07 Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of airstrikes in four provinces and claim to down a Saudi reconnaissance aircraft over Jawf

Al Jawf Governorate · 2 sources

Reported

07/24 Saudi-led coalition strikes the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah

Hodeidah · 3 sources

Confirmed

07/13 Yemeni government bombs Sanaa airport runway to stop an Iranian plane; Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia

Sanaa · 4 sources