Yemen and the Houthi Movement

The ongoing war with Iran is expanding to the Yemeni front, testing Saudi Arabia and its regional agreements, as well as the United States and Israel

This interactive map tracks the conflict in Yemen from July 2026 onward. It is continuously updated and based on open-source intelligence (OSINT), including geolocated visual documentation, satellite imagery, statements by official and non-state actors, and reporting from regional and international media outlets. The map aims to illustrate and document military activity and the movement of front lines over time.

How did a local Zaydi youth movement become a regional actor challenging Israel—and what does the Houthis’ evolving security concept reveal about their intentions today?

A joint INSS-ISIR (Somaliland) study: How the Yemenite threat impacts Jerusalem and Hargeisa, and how to address the shared challenge

The Arab Spring reached Yemen in 2011 at a moment when both popular and elite support for Yemen’s then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh were low, leading to the disintegration of a triumvirate that had ruled Yemen for decades. Since then, efforts to formulate a new configuration of national governance through dialogue, civil war, external intervention, and negotiations failed to yield results. Although Israel is not an influential player in the theater, it does have interests that could be affected by developments there: containing the Iran-backed Houthi threat, the extrication of its unofficial Saudi partner in the anti-Iran coalition from the Yemeni quagmire, and preventing the expansion of radical Sunni jihadist groups.