The U.N.’s humanitarian chief warns that if Washington’s new terrorist designation of Houthi rebels in Yemen is not reversed, it could drastically impact aid imports and push the already desperate country into a large-scale famine.
“The most urgent priority in Yemen right now is to prevent a massive famine,” Mark Lowcock will tell a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, according to prepared remarks made available ahead of his briefing.
U.N. data anticipates 16 million people will go hungry in the war-torn country this year.
The Trump administration's out-the-door decision to designate Yemen's Iranian-backed rebels as a terror organization has sparked confusion in aid agencies
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WASHINGTON — Indiana Sen. Todd Young is taking issue with a recent terrorism designation in Yemen made this week by President Donald Trump’s administration, stating the move will be counterproductive