Veytics Intelligence
2026-09-18 · DW

Iran's 'new Hezbollah:' How powerful are the Houthis now?

After recent events in Yemen , a small crowd marched down an Iraqi street holding signs that were almost identical to those seen not too long ago further south. The signs said, "death to America" and insulted Saudi Arabia and Israel , with slogans very similar to those used by the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. The men in the Iraqi video are members of one of Iraq's Shiite Muslim paramilitary groups. Both the Iraqi paramilitaries and the Houthi group in Yemen are part of what is known as the "axis of resistance" in the Middle East, groups supported by Iran that often act at Iran's behest. Other members are Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza .

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