The United States will revoke the terrorist designation of the Iran-backed Houthis militia group in Yemen, the Biden administration announced Friday.
“After a comprehensive …
The United States will revoke the terrorist designation of the Iran-backed Houthis militia group in Yemen, the Biden administration announced Friday. “After a comprehensive review, we can confirm that [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] intends to revoke the Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist designations of Ansarallah,” a State Department spokesperson said, FOX News reported. “We have formally notified Congress of the Secretary’s intent to revoke these designations and will share more details in the coming days.” Ansar Allah is the official name of the Houthi movement, whose slogan in Arabic reads “Death to America! Death to Israel! A curse upon the Jews! Victory for Islam!” An unnamed State Department official said that the undoing of the designation doesn’t excuse the Houthis’ conduct, including attacks against civilians and the kidnapping of Americans, but doing so is supposedly essential to solving the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, The New York Times reported.
