Atlas / Organisations / Ansar Allah
Ansar Allah
Houthis · 2004– · Yemen · Zaydi Islamist · Held state power · coding confidence low
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
A Zaydi revivalist movement that took the Yemeni capital in 2014 and governs most of the population by force.
Economic model
Taxation of trade and aid, fuel imports, a collapsed formal economy and famine conditions.
Organisation of powers
No elections, a supervisory system placing appointees over ministries, detention of aid workers and journalists.
Reading note
Its slogan and its founding grievance are anti-imperial rather than sectarian in framing, which its opponents dispute.
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All six cells are sourced. A rationale explains what the score is measuring and each artefact is something a third party can check without taking anyone's word for it.
EC · Economic organisation · scored −03
Coded −3: taxation of trade and aid in a collapsed formal economy.
- Documented act or statuteAid diversion and taxation of imports through Hodeidah are the principal revenue sources.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +09
Coded +9: a Zaydi revivalist order with restrictions on women's movement.
- Documented act or statuteMahram escort requirements for women's travel were imposed from 2021.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +09
Coded +9: appointed supervisors placed over ministries and no elections.
- Documented act or statuteThe mushrif system places movement appointees above formal ministers.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +05
Coded +5: control of the capital and the most populous regions.
- Comparative datasetAround two-thirds of Yemen's population lives in territory it administers.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +08
Coded +8: a doctrine of descent-based leadership from the Prophet's family.
- ScholarshipThe Hashemite sayyid lineage is treated as the basis of legitimate rule.
CH · Method and tempo · scored +08
Coded +8: power taken by armed seizure of the capital in 2014.
- Documented act or statuteDetentions of UN and NGO staff have continued since 2023.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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