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The United States will add the Houthis to its blacklist of terrorist organizations

The United States will add the Houthi militia to its list of global terrorist organizations, a ban that prevents it from providing any material support or resources to that movement. The move comes as punishment for repeated attacks by the Yemeni rebel group against ships passing through the Bab al-Mandeb strait in the Red Sea waters.

The Houthis have maintained their hostile acts in those waters in response to Israeli attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip – where these bombings have killed more than 24,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children – despite the fact that That last Friday, US and UK forces deployed in the region attacked 60 militia positions in 28 cities of Yemen. Since then, the United States has launched two other strikes to destroy radar systems and cruise missile arsenals.

With the executive order that the White House plans to formally announce the sanction this Wednesday, Washington makes a 180-degree change in its position and withdraws the punishment imposed against the Iran-backed group by the Donald Trump administration. Is. In 2021, Secretary of State Antony Blinken lifted the measure to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid to Yemen.

Human rights organizations believe designating the Houthis as a terrorist group could harm that supply and damage the fragile ceasefire between the rebel militia and the internationally recognized Yemeni government.