Published on: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
By: AFP
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A Yemeni man holds up pictures of Huthi rebel leader Abdul Malik al-Huthi (left) and chief of the Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah. (AFP)
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has moved to brand Yemen’s Iranian-linked Huthi rebels as terrorists, a last-minute move in defiance of aid groups who fear it will worsen a humanitarian crisis.
Unless Congress blocks the decision, the Huthis will be blacklisted on January 19 one day before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, whose aides had hoped to mount a fresh push to end Yemen’s devastating six-year-old war.