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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, the Houthis — officially Ansar Allah, or “Supporters of God” — have been at war with the ...

Biden doesn't need to wait to start cleaning up Trump and Pompeo's 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. Biden's foreign policy doesn't 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.  President Joe Biden is entering office as the country is beset with a host of domestic problems, from th...

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 Yemen's Houthi movement and is working as fast as it can to conclude the process and make a determination, a State Department spokesper...

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.