Trump administration again labels Houthis 'terrorist organization'

FILE - Houthi supporters raise weapons as they shout slogans during an anti-U.S and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on Feb. 14, 2025. The U.S. State Department on March 4, 2025, designated the Iran-backed group as a "foreign terrorist organization."

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday reinstated the "foreign terrorist organization" designation for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office.