Yemen's Houthis – Who Biden Delisted as Terrorists – Threaten to Bomb Oil Tankers
A top spokesman for the Houthi terrorists of Yemen threatened attacks on international oil tankers this weekend.
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A top spokesman for the Houthi terrorists of Yemen threatened attacks on international oil tankers this weekend.
Username / Email Password Remember Me (August 11, 2022 / JNS) At the same time that U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to the Middle East in July, a group of Yemeni women set off to Washington, D.C., to encourage the reinstatement of the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The group
“The Yemeni population suffers; they don’t get aid because it’s blocked by the Houthis, [which are] using blackmail by getting at least 50% of this humanitarian aid from the [United Nations] and the [European Union],” said Manel Msalmi, a Belgian-Tunisian academic, and founder and president of the NGO European Association for the Defense of Minorities.
The Biden Administration rebuffs calls from human rights activists and congressional leaders to restore the Houthis' terrorist designation.
A group representing Yemeni and international civil society organizations met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill last weekMohammed Hamoud/Getty ImagesYemenis who are supporting the Houthi group, participate in a celebration held to mark Eid Al-Ghadir on July 17, 2022. A group of activists, led by a Yemeni human rights activist, were on Capitol Hill last week