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ANSAR ALLAH [1 record]

Record 1 2022-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
DEF

The military wing of the Shiite Houthis Movement, which fought wars against Yemen's army between 2004 and 2010.

CONT

The Houthi movement, officially called Ansar Allah ... and colloquially simply Houthis, is an Islamist political and armed movement that emerged from Saada in North Yemen in the 1990s.

Key term(s)
  • Huthi movement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
OBS

Comme la désignation «houthiste» provient du nom du fondateur Hussein Badreddine al-Houthi et qu'elle ne représente pas un nom de peuple, il convient d'utiliser la minuscule initiale en tout temps.

PHR

la rébellion houthiste, les forces houthistes, les houthistes

Spanish

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