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The Yemeni rebels have recently stepped up attacks on the kingdom

Houthi followers shout slogans during a demonstration against Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, July 18, 2016. | (Photo: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah) The U.S. governments decision to remove the terror designation from the Iran-backed Yemeni Houthis could lead to heightened Christian persecution, according to the head of a prominent international Christian human rights organization.  After the Biden administration removed the Houthi organization, known as Ansar Allah, from the list of foreign t...

The U.S. government's decision to remove the terror designation from the Iran-backed Yemeni Houthis could lead to heightened Christian persecution, according to the head of a prominent international Christian human rights organization. 

A security member runs during an attack on the airport in Aden, Yemen, Dec. 30, 2020, moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Cabinet for government-held parts of the country. (CNS/Fawaz Salman, Reuters) If you glanced at the recent headlines, you probably saw what appeared to be good news: The United States would finally stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia and end our involvement in the conflict in Yemen. But if you clicked through, you saw this quote from our new ...

Jordans estranged Prince Hamza said in a voice recording released on Monday that he would disobey orders by the army... The United States on Tuesday also warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis, and called on the Houthis to halt the assault, end all military operations, and join UN-led efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the war. “The Houthis’ assault on Marib is the action of a group not committed to peace or to ending the war afflicting the people of Yemen,” State Department ...

Isaac Schorr Followers of the Houthi movement attend a gathering to show support to the movement in Sanaa The banner reads: “Allah is the greatest. Death to America. Death to Israel. A curse on the Jews. Victory to Islam”. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Allah is Greater, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam.” So goes the slogan of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Founded in the 1990s by Shia Muslims incensed at U.S. and Saudi interference in the country...

Biden doesnt need to wait to start cleaning up Trump and Pompeos mess in the Middle East insider@insider.com (Geoff LaMear, Defense Priorities) © Getty Getty President Joe Biden takes office as the US struggles with a number of serious domestic crises. Bidens foreign policy doesnt have to take a back seat, however, and there are several steps he can take to advance US interests quickly and with little resistance, writes Geoff LaMear, a fellow at Defense Priorities.  Presiden...

Aid groups urge US to revoke Houthi terror group listing

U.S. State Dept says working to conclude Houthi terrorist designation review Reuters 22/01/2021 By Humeyra Pamuk © Reuters/KHALED ABDULLAH FILE PHOTO: Houthi supporters hold up their weapons during a demonstration against the United States decision to designate the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organisation, in Sanaa By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has initiated a review of the terrorist designation of Yemens Houthi movement and is worki...

The Trump administration's terrorist designation of the Houthi rebels is a death sentence for millions of innocent civilians, as it will block aid from reaching those facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Tell President-elect Biden to reverse this designation and restore humanitarian aid to Yemen.