Biden Admin Open to Revoking Houthi Terror Designation If It Advances Peace Process, Envoy Says

Published on April 4, 2024

President Joe Biden’s administration is looking for ways to de-escalate the ongoing Red Sea standoff with Yemen’s Houthi rebel faction and may revoke a terror designation placed against the rebels if they stop attacking commercial shipping going through the waterway. The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, are a Shiite Islamic faction that has intermittently fought with Yemen’s internationally recognized government and its Saudi Arabian allies for years. While Yemen’s civil war has waned in recent months, the Houthis have turned their attention to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. The Yemeni rebel faction has launched attacks targeting shipping through the Red Sea and has insisted these attacks are targeting vessels associated with Israel and its allies in an effort to undermine the Israeli side....

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