"Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed retaliation against Israel and the U.S. for its campaign against Iran. He also thanked Hezbollah in Lebanon, the pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and the Houthis in Yemen for their support, suggesting the Houthis could be next to join the war."
"The Houthis are a military and political group that is considered to be within the Iranian-led 'Axis of Resistance' - which includes Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Houthis rose to prominence in the '90s as a religious movement aligned with Zaydism, which is a branch of Shia Islam followed by roughly one-third of Yemen's population."
"President Trump designated the Houthis in Yemen as a terrorist organization at the beginning of his second term. This was a reversal of a Biden-era decision to remove the designation over concerns of how humanitarian organizations would deliver aid to Yemen."
Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has pledged retaliation against Israel and the United States for their campaign against Iran. He expressed gratitude to Hezbollah in Lebanon, pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, and the Houthis in Yemen for their support, suggesting potential Houthi involvement in escalating conflict. The Houthis, a military and political group originating as a religious movement in the 1990s aligned with Zaydism, rose to prominence after overthrowing the Saudi-backed Yemeni government in 2014. Historically opposed to U.S. and Israeli influence in the Middle East, the Houthis have maintained an uneven relationship with the United States, including recent military confrontations and drone incidents.
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