The US Designates Yemen’s Houthis a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Houthis in Yemen. Photo courtesy of VOA.
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As the clock ticks for the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States will designate the Yemeni Houthi rebels as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Three Houthi leaders Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Abdul Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim will also be listed as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT).
Under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Secretary of State can designate certain armed non-state actors as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. When a group is labeled an FTO, American citizens and organizations are prohibited from providing “material support or resources” to the group; the group’s members are banned from entering the US; and American financial institutions must freeze any assets that the group has in the country.
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