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State Department revokes Houthis' terror designation despite attack on Saudi airport
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday announced he is removing Yemen’s Houthi rebels from the U.S.’s list of foreign terrorist organizations next week, despite a recent attack on Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia backed the Yemen government in 2015, propagating a proxy war between the Arab nation and Iran. Blinken’s decision is a reversal of an 11th-hour order by Donald Trump, enacted the day before he left office on Jan. 19 in an attempt to cut off any support or weapons funding to the Iran-backed group – but which humanitarian organizations said could worsen the crisis in Yemen.More Related News
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