This week, Hamdam Mostafavi, deputy editorial director and Middle East specialist, explains to us who the Houthis are, responsible for several attacks in the Red Sea.
The team: Mathias Penguilly (presentation), Charlotte Baris (writing), Léa Bertrand (editing), and Jules Krot (directing).
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Image credits: MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP
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Mathias Penguilly: The Houthis, I can already tell you that they are an armed group. But Hamdam Mostafavi, deputy editorial director of L’Express, is here to give us more details. If I called on you, it’s because you are a specialist in the Middle East, and we are heading to this region for our episode.
Hamdam Mostafavi: Yes, the Houthis are a group of rebels from Yemen. It is a force made up of several thousand fighters from tribes from the mountains. We don’t know how many there are exactly, but probably several tens of thousands…
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