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  "id": 14116113,
  "title": "Who are Yemen's Houthis and what do they want?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/who-are-yemens-houthis-and-what-do-they-want",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T03:53:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
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    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/who-are-yemens-houthis-and-what-do-they-want"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Who are Yemen's Houthis and what do they want? Officially known as Ansar Allah, or \"helpers of God\", the movement emerged in Yemen's far north in the 1990s around the cleric Hussein al-Houthi. It is rooted in Zaydism, a branch of Shia Islam whose followers are a minority in Yemen but concentrated in the northern highlands. The group fought six rounds of war with the government of former president…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Giants Brigades lead southern Yemen fightback against the Houthis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/giants-brigades-lead-southern-yemen-fightback-against-the-houthis",
        "published": "2026-10-12T11:30:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Who are Yemen's Houthis and what do they want?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/who-are-yemens-houthis-and-what-do-they-want",
        "published": "2026-10-12T12:28:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Houthis 'are thriving and surviving by creating war', Yemen ambassador says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/houthis-are-thriving-and-surviving-by-creating-war-yemen-ambassador",
        "published": "2026-10-12T19:08:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Houthis warn of 'swift, painful response' if US joins Yemen war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/houthis-warn-of-swift-painful-response-if-us-joins-yemen-war",
        "published": "2026-10-12T22:35:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}