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The following reference(s) may be useful when improving this article in the future: WSJ report on Russian support and US attempts to stop it

In addition to the text being marked by GPTZero as partially written by AI (or AI-assisted), one of the sources still has the UTM parameter "chatgpt.com": https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/yemen-houthi-rebels-say-scores-killed-in-us-airstrike-on-prison?utm_source=chatgpt.com TurboSuperA+_(connect) 06:56, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Abo Yemen Removing evidence of ChatGPT use is not "fixing" if the text is unchanged. The whole first paragraph of that section is marked as 100% AI by https://www.zerogpt.com/ and "highly confident it is AI" by https://app.gptzero.me/. TurboSuperA+_(connect) 07:03, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I checked sources 303 and 304 (UN Panel of Experts Reports from 2022 and 2023) and could not find evidence to substantiate the claims made in this paragraph: "UN Panel of Experts on Yemen discovered instances of Houthi rape of female detainees to "purify" them, as a punishment, or to coerce confessions. The Panel documented cases where Houthis forced detained women to become sex slaves that also collect information for the Houthis. Documented instances include in 2021 where a female detainee was forced to have sexual intercourse with multiple men at Houthi detention centers as part of her preparation to be forced as a sex slave for important clients while also obtaining information. The Panel also received information of another detainee who was forced to become a prostitute to gather information for the Houthis in return for their release and another similar instance had been documented in 2019. This have also resulted in women who had been detained by Houthis being ostracized by society and one instance where the woman was killed by her family for bringing shame upon the family."

Either this text should be removed from the page or should be attributed to a correct source.

Presbyter John (talk) 01:56, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I have removed the paragraph, as there was nothing whatsoever in the cited source to support it. Day Creature (talk) 04:20, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Africa Center for Strategic Studies, a think tank part of the U.S. Deptartment of Defense states the Houthis have ties with al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia here. (the citation link has an extra l, which causes the 404 error)

Personally, I think this is highly questionable, ACSS bases their claim on a 2025 UN report, which in paragraph no. 40 states:

"Al-Shabaab was observed to have a developing relationship with the Houthis that was described as transactional or opportunistic, and not ideological. One Member State reported that Al-Shabaab held at least two meetings in Somalia with Houthi representatives in July and September, in which they requested advanced weapons and training."

Here are some important points:

- Only one unnamed member state made this claim

- Even the report describes the relationship as "transactional or opportunistic" and "not ideological", which weakens the case for real cooperation.

- A lack of evidence was presented in the source.

I think it's best to add "(alleged)" next to al-Shabaab in the non-state allies list per WP:NPOV. The only source for the article's claim is a ACSS Spotlight article, citing a 2025 UN report citing one anonymous member state, and the relationship is described as “transactional or opportunistic.” Josemite (talk) 09:50, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Paprikaiser (talk) 19:17, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The source provided to support that the Houthis are "using child soldiers" [103] does not appear to document any specific instance of this occuring. Makka Pakka 1490 (talk) 09:28, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]