PORTRAIT. He torments the world, but no one has ever met him. Who is that leader of the Houtis?

If we had to choose now who will be the most influential man of 2024, Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi (45) would be at the top of the list. He is the leader of the Houthis, a kind of family business that deals in terror. It’s not really a big deal, but it is now hurting the entire world by disrupting shipping. How could a man who relies on a general who died with an arrow through the head become so important? And why has almost no one ever seen him in person?

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