Yemen’s Huthis: More on the group who reportedly struck a vessel in the Red Sea
Yemen’s civil war began in 2014, when Huthi forces stormed the capital Sanaa and toppled the internationally recognized and Saudi-backed government.
The Huthis are backed by Iran, which began increasing its aid to the group in 2014 as the civil war escalated and as its rivalry with Saudi Arabia intensified.
This marks the first fatalities in the Red Sea since the Yemen-based militant group declared a blockade of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on July 20.
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