Yemen and Houthi data: an open database on the Houthis (Ansar Allah)

YCGTI, the Yemeni Conflict Groups Tracking Initiative, is a free, open database on the Houthis in Yemen: Houthi leaders, officials and supervisors with their offices and dates, the Houthi organisational structure, a map, events, fatalities, decisions and discourse analysis, extracted from published news with a link to every report.

What is in the site

• The Houthi structure: the organisational chart from the leader down
• Houthi leaders: supreme, political, military and security leadership
• Houthi officials in every governorate
• Interactive views: people, careers, network, map, events, fatalities, decisions, discourse

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Who leads the Houthis?

Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, the "Leader of the Revolution", heads the Houthi structure since his brother, the founder Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi, was killed in 2004.

What is the Houthi structure?

The Leader of the Revolution at the top, then the Supreme Political Council headed by Mahdi al-Mashat, and under it the government, local authorities (governors and district directors), Parliament, the Shura Council, the judiciary and the armed forces and security, alongside the supervisory branch and mobilisation.

Where do the data come from?

From news published by Houthi-run outlets (Saba, Al-Masirah, Ansar Allah, Al-Thawrah, 26 September and others) and reliable outside reports (UN Panel of Experts, US Treasury, ACAPS, Sana'a Center); every office is tied to the report text and link.