Hardly for the first time, remote Arab tribesmen are reshaping the world. Piratical attacks on international shipping by Yemen-based Houthi rebels have created a significant security crisis in the Red Sea. The world’s largest shipping lines have been forced to suspend transit through the Red Sea and thus the Suez Canal. And with nearly a third of global container traffic typically flowing through Suez, this has seriously disrupted world trade.
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HouthiAnsar Allah is the political party currently in power of the Yemeni government, not "rebels"... silly article writers.throws my little brown handbook at computer monitor
edit: Thanks to u/yogthos@lemmygrad.ml for the correction.
Also, we should refer to them as Ansar Allah which is what they call themselves.
you throwing my little brown handbook back at me
Thanks, corrected.
What does that translate to?
"Supporters of God" from a quick internet search.
Curious name. Thank you
have also heard "servants of God" as a translation