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Who is Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the elusive Yemeni commander behind Red Sea-Saudi blitz?
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PUBLISHEDSep 16, 2026, 2:32 PM
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Abdul Malik al-Houthi, an elusive figure who commands a battle-hardened force, scored his biggest military victory in years when his Iran-aligned Houthi militant group swept through Yemen’s Red Sea coastline and tightened their grip on a vital shipping waterway, rattling oil superpower Saudi Arabia.
The offensive, which has been accompanied by attacks on Saudi Arabia, has put the Houthis in a strong position to…
Main source: SCMP
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