A Comparative Study on Yemen's Ansar Allah and Lebanon's Hezbollah Movements

In this article, two contemporary Islamic movement, Yemen’s Ansar Allah (Houthis) and the Lebanon’s Hezbollah are compared with each other. Given the importance of the two Shia movements in the current situation in the Middle East, understanding the Identity (nature), goals, and enemies of the movement is essential through a comparative study and with a conceptual apparatus. Accordingly, has attempted to study and compare these movements with use the Alain Touraine’s conceptual framework about the new social movements. This article method is a descriptiveexploratory and the main question is: What differences and similarities exist between Yemen’s Ansar Allah (Houthis) and the Lebanon’s Hezbollah? The answers to these questions will help us to understand the nature of these two movements that is essential for the Islamic Republic of Iran and compare the two Shiite movement be beneficial in understanding the recent events in Yemen and Lebanon as well as in understanding the role and influence of Shiite movements in social and political events in the Middle East.