US Designates Houthis as Terrorists After Rise in Red Sea Attacks
- Decision follows allied airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
- Designation was removed over UN’s humanitarian aid concerns
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The Biden administration announced it will put the Houthi militant group back on a global terrorism list, as the US looks to cripple its ability to fund Red Sea attacks that have roiled commercial traffic in a vital trade waterway.
The decision to classify the Houthis as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization partly unwinds a move President Joe Biden made early in his administration revoking that and another terror designation as the US sought to ease the humanitarian crisis in Yemen after years of civil war.