 MaHouthis akatora chikamu mu Yemeni Revolution ya2011 nekutora chikamu mukuratidzira mumigwagwa uye nekubatana nemamwe mapoka anopikisa. Vakabatana neNational Dialogue Conference muYemen sechikamu cheGulf Cooperation Council GCC chirongwa chekutaurirana rugare zvichitevera mhirizhonga. Zvisinei, maHouthis akazoramba zvibvumirano zveGCC zvaNovember 2011 zvaiti kuumbwa kwematunhu matanhatu emubatanidzwa muYemen, vachiti chibvumirano ichi hachina kugadzirisa hutongi uye kuti mubatanidzwa wakatsanangurwa wakakamura Yemen kuita matunhu ane hurombo uye akapfuma. VaHouthis vaityawo kuti chibvumirano ichi chaiva kuedza kuvasimbisa nekugovanisa nzvimbo dzavaive vachitonga pakati pematunhu akasiyana. Mukupera kwa2014, maHouthis akagadzirisa hukama hwavo neaichimbova mutungamiri Ali Abdullah Saleh, uye nerubatsiro rwake, vakatora guta guruuye nechokuchamhembe. 