Here's the breakdown in plain terms:


## Who's fighting whom


Yemen has been split in two since 2014:


- **The Houthis** (also called "Ansar Allah") — a Zaydi Shia rebel group from northern Yemen. They seized the capital Sanaa in 2014 and control most of the north and west. They just captured the Red Sea coastline, including the critical **Bab al-Mandeb Strait** (the chokepoint between the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, through which a huge share of global shipping passes).


- **The Yemeni Government** (the "Presidential Leadership Council" or PLC), led by **Rashad al-Alimi** — the internationally recognized government, based in the south. The "general mobilization" is *him* calling on Yemenis to join his forces to fight the Houthis. He's offering amnesty to Houthi fighters who defect.


## Who's paying and backing each side


| Side | Backed by | What they get |
|------|-----------|---------------|
| **Houthis** | **Iran** (primary), plus reported support from Russia and China | Weapons, ballistic missiles, drone technology, military training (via Hezbollah and the IRGC), **free oil shipments**, funding through exchange networks in Yemen, Turkey, and the Caribbean |
| **Yemeni Government (PLC)** | **Saudi Arabia** (primary), plus the US and UK | Military funding, air support, intelligence, political recognition at the UN |


So this is fundamentally an **Iran vs. Saudi Arabia proxy war**, with the US/UK on the Saudi side. The Houthis also attack Israeli and Western shipping, which ties them to the broader US-Iran conflict that started in February 2026.


## Where the Houthis came from


They emerged in the 1990s in Yemen's northern Saada province, from Yemen's **Zaydi Shia minority** (a different branch of Shia Islam than Iran's Twelver Shia, but Iran still backs them ideologically). They fought six wars against Yemen's government starting in 2004, then seized Sanaa in 2014 when the government was weakened by a popular uprising.


## Why @BRICSNews posted it


This is the tricky part. **BRICS** is a bloc of 11+ countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia, etc.) that positions itself as an alternative to the Western-led order. But on Yemen, **BRICS is split down the middle**:


- **Iran, Russia, China** → support the Houthis
- **Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt** → oppose the Houthis


At the BRICS summit in New Delhi in September 2026 (held at the *exact moment* the Houthis were seizing the Red Sea coast), the final declaration **deliberately omitted any mention of Yemen, the Houthis, or the Red Sea**. The only thing they agreed on was a vague call for "maximum restraint."


So when @BRICSNews posts this, it's not a unified "BRICS position" — it's likely a member state (probably Iran or Russia) using the BRICS account to frame the story in their favour: that the Yemeni government is the aggressor and the Houthis are the legitimate defenders. It's **propaganda framing**, not a consensus statement.


## In one sentence for a Canadian


A Saudi-backed government in southern Yemen is calling up its citizens to fight an Iran-backed rebel group that just seized the country's Red Sea coast — and a media account associated with a bloc of countries that contains *both* sides of the conflict is posting it as if it's a unified position.

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