US redesignates Houthis as global terror group
ABC News
The U.S. on Wednesday designated the Houthis as a global terror group, citing their attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
The State Department on Wednesday announced it was relisting Yemen's Houthi rebels as a global terrorist group in response to the militants' attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
"This designation seeks to promote accountability for the group’s terrorist activities," Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a statement. "If the Houthis cease their attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, the United States will reevaluate this designation."
The department said the designation will go into effect in 30 days.
The Iranian-backed group was designated as a terrorist organization in January of 2021 -- a move that was met with widespread concern from humanitarian groups, who feared that the restrictions that accompany the designation would make it nearly impossible to provide aid to Yemen's impoverished civilians.
