Trump moves to list Yemen's Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that clears the way for the redesignation of Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization.
Citing the group's attacks on US Navy warships, civilian infrastructure and commercial vessels, the executive order directs Secretary of State Marco Rubio to recommend the Houthis’ redesignation within 30 days.
It also directs the US Agency for International Development to end its relationship with United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organizations and contractors “that have made payments to the Houthis, or which have opposed international efforts to counter the Houthis while turning a blind eye towards the Houthis’ terrorism and abuses.”
In an effort to remove obstacles to humanitarian aid delivery, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken in February 2021 formally rescinded the Yemeni group’s FTO label that the first Trump administration had applied shortly before leaving office.
