US eliminating terrorist designation on Yemen's Houthis
The United States signaled its desire on February 5 to abolish the terrorist designation of the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen.
This comes even as the
practices of the militia prove its terrorist nature beyond all reasonable
doubts.
US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken has already started taking measures to abolish the Houthi
terrorist designation.
The State Department
spokesman said the department had already notified Congress about its
intentions to abolish the designation.
The abolishment of the
terrorist designation came into effect already on February 9.
The State Department said
the move would open the door for the presence of measures to curb the
activities of the Houthi militia.
Ending the war
Biden said his
administration would move to end the war in Yemen.
He added at the State
department that the war had caused a human and a strategic catastrophe in the
region.
Biden noted that his
administration would end all defense support to the war in Yemen, including
weapons sales, in order to prove its resolve for ending the war in Yemen.
Meanwhile, the United
Nations has welcomed the decision of the US to eliminate the terrorist
designation of the Houthi militia.
It said this move would
contribute to delivering aid to millions of Yemenis.
In November last year,
the United Nations Secretary General said Yemen was the scene of the world's
worst humanitarian crisis.
