“Our action is due entirely to the humanitarian consequences of this last-minute designation from the prior administration, which the United Nations and humanitarian organizations have since made clear would accelerate the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” the official said. The US State Department...
A view of ballistic missiles during a military parade held by the Houthis to mark the anniversary of their takeover in Sanaa, Yemen September 21, 2023. (credit: REUTERS/KHALED ABDULLAH) “Thisaction follows the recent US designationof Ansarallah (commonly known as the Houthis) as a Specifica...
While the Houthis denied responsibility for the precision strike, “the Yemeni and Saudi governments as well as multiple experts have directly tied this attack to Ansarallah,” Mr Pompeo said. The designation will be one of Mr Pompeo’s final acts before leaving office on January 20, and foll...
U.S. officials said the "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" (SDGT) listing was aimed at cutting off funding and weapons the Houthis have used to attack or hijack ships. A Houthi spokesman told Reuters that attacks on ships heading to Israel would continue and the designation would not affe...
has put the Houthis back on its list of specially designated global terrorists. The sanctions that come with the formal designation are meant to sever violent extremist groups from their sources of financing. "Forces conducted strikes on 14 Iran-backed Houthi missiles that were loaded to be ...
The Biden administration delisted the Houthis as terrorists a month after taking office, arguing that it negatively impacted aid supplied to Yemen. The White House has repeatedly dodged questions about the decision. Some Republicans in Congress have pushed for a redesignation. Houthi for...
incident. They also condemned the State Department’s latest move. “The policy of the Trump administration and its behavior is terrorist,” movement leader Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said. “We reserve the right to respond to any designation issued by the Trump administration or any administration....
(MNNA) is a "designation under U.S. law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation." However, unlike the case with NATO allies, the status does not involve defense commitments to the country. The US has so far granted this ...
Yemen, do not need the approval of a blind ‘DAJJAL’ [liar] who ignores thousands of innocent victims and has turned a blind eye to the devastation and destruction of Yemen, as well as the spread of hunger in this country, due to the aggression of the Wahhabi-Zionist-American coalition...
The designation “was an important tool to impede terrorist funding to the Houthis, further restrict their access to financial markets and hold them accountable for their actions”, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement. The Houthis have continued to harass commercial and ...