Trump Redesignates the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Reversing Biden

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Trump Re-Labels Yemen’s Houthi Rebels as Terrorists

Since the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023, the Houthis, who act as the de facto government in much of northern Yemen, have fired hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel in solidarity with Hamas.

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New York Times

Yemen's Houthi group slams U.S. terror designation as political assault

The reclassification follows escalating tensions in the Red Sea, where the Houthis have conducted maritime operations targeting vessels they claim are linked to Israel.

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Big News Network

'Ignore Them': Houthis Mock Return to U.S. Terrorist List

“Since seizing most Yemeni population centers by force from the legitimate Yemeni government in 2014-2015, the Houthis have launched numerous attacks on civilian infrastructure,” the White House observed, “including multiple attacks on civilian airports in Saudi Arabia, the deadly January 2022 attacks on the United Arab Emirates, and more than 300 projectiles fired at Israel since October 2023.”

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Trump redesignates Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

President Donald Trump on Wednesday officially began the process to return the Houthi rebel group, aka Ansar Allah, to the list of foreign terrorist organizations. The Houthis are one of the main combatants in the ongoing Yemeni civil war and have disrupted shipping in the Red Sea amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order redesignating the Iran-backed Houthis as an FTO. The Houthis launched a reign of terror in the Red Sea on former president Joe Biden’s watch, attacking commercial ships and disrupting the global supply chain. Biden removed their designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

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Trump Will Again Designate Houthis as Terrorists, Reversing Biden

The Houthis have engaged in a lengthy campaign of missile and drone attacks on cargo ships and other vessels sailing in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The attacks started after the Hamas assault on Israel and the war in Gaza began. Last July, one of their drones hit a building in central Tel Aviv, killing a man.

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Trump redesignates Houthis as foreign terrorist organization

The White House cited Houthi rebels’ attacks on U.S. Navy ships, commercial vessels and civilian infrastructure. The move puts back in place the designation that Trump imposed on the Houthis during his first term. The action was reversed by the Biden administration over concerns that blacklisting the militant group would prevent aid.

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Trump redesignates Yemeni Houthis as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump redesignated the Yemeni Islamic terrorist group, Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).

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Trump Readies Executive Order Redesignating Houthis as Foreign Terrorist Organization

President Donald Trump is slated to sign the order later on Wednesday. The order fully restores tough American sanctions on the Yemen-based terror group that the Biden administration lifted in 2021. Trump added the Houthis to America’s FTO list in the waning days of his first administration, but the Biden White House reversed the move.

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Trump Redesignates Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

The order is among the changes in foreign policy taking place in Trump's first week in office. The order could require the federal government to end relationships and contracts with nongovernmental organizations. The Houthis are a political and military operation in Yemen that had been involved in the conflict against Saudi Arabia.

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Yesterday

Trump puts Houthis back on terror blacklist

Former president Joe Biden had removed the Iran-backed group’s Foreign Terrorist Organization designation right after assuming office. The White House said that “As a result of the Biden administration's weak policy, the Houthis have fired at U.S. Navy warships dozens of times”

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Trump designates Yemen's Houthis as a 'foreign terrorist organization'

U.S. President Donald Trump re-designated Yemen's Houthi movement as a "foreign terrorist organization" The move will impose harsher economic penalties than the Biden administration had applied to the Iran-aligned group. The Houthis have carried out more than 100 attacks on ships plying the Red Sea since November 2023.

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Trump re-designates Iranian-backed Houthis as terrorists: 'Threaten[s] security of American civilians'

President Trump re-designated the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) on Wednesday, four years after his first administration made an identical move. Trump said that the terrorist group "threaten[s] the security of American civilians and personnel in the Middle East" The Houthis are supported by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force.

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Trump moves to brand Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization again

President Donald Trump says the Houthi rebels should be considered a foreign terrorist organization. The group has attacked U.S. Navy ships and killed four sailors, the order says. The order calls on the State Department to submit a report to the president within 30 days. If the Houthis are designated as an FTO, the U.N. will have to identify partners who have made payments to the rebels.

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The US has taken the first step towards defeating one of Iran’s last allies

Houthi rebels are one of Iran’s last remaining close friends in the Middle East. Since the start of the war in Gaza 15 months ago, they have been targeted. This week, he redesignated the Houthis as a terrorist organisation. But is this really the most pressing topic for the first week of a new presidency?

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