Did the Houthis Attack the Indian-Flagged Ship? Here’s What Yemen Has ClaimedThe Houthis, a powerful Yemen-based armed group, have been blamed for the attack on an Indian-flagged merchant vessel in the Red Sea. The Houthis, or Ansar Allah, is a political and militant group of Shia Islamists that formed in northern Yemen in the 1990s. The movement has been known to conduct missile and drone attacks on shipping lanes and infrastructure in the region, thus turning the Red Sea into one of the most delicate maritime routes globally. The latest attack on the Indian-flagged ship has once again raised fears about maritime security in the region as tensions rise in West Asia.