US Designating Yemen’s Houthis A ‘Terrorist’ Group

CNN: US to designate Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization

Washington (CNN)The State Department will notify Congress of its intent to designate Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday, despite intense pushback from US diplomats and aid groups in Yemen.

"These designations will provide additional tools to confront terrorist activity and terrorism by Ansarallah, a deadly Iran-backed militia group in the Gulf region," Pompeo said in a statement.

"The designations are intended to hold Ansarallah (the Houthi rebels) accountable for its terrorist acts, including cross-border attacks threatening civilian populations, infrastructure, and commercial shipping."

The 11th hour move by the Trump administration could upend the United Nations' work on peace talks in the country and there are also fears that such a designation could impact humanitarian aid deliveries, sources have told CNN.

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WNU Editor: The push to reverse this designation has started .... Biden faces calls to reverse Houthi ‘terrorist’ group designation (Al Jazeera). But threats like this one is not going to help the Houthi cause .... Houthis threaten to attack 'sensitive' sites in Israel (Middle East Monitor). Nor vowing to conduct actions like this one .... US Marks Houthi Rebels As Terrorists After Attacks On Oil Assets In Middle East (OilPrice.com).

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U.S. Labels Houthis Terrorists After Attacks on Oil Tankers -- Bloomberg

Pompeo moves to blacklist Yemen's Huthis as a 'terrorist' group -- France 24

US to designate Houthis a terrorist group -- FOX News/AP

Pompeo to declare Houthis a terrorist group amid fears it will worsen Yemen crisis -- NBC

U.S. to designate Yemen's Houthi movement as foreign terrorist group -- Reuters

U.S. declares Yemen's Houthi rebels terror group despite famine risk -- Axios

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