By Jonathan Landay and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said he will revoke terrorist designations of Yemen s Houthi movement effective Feb. 16, even as he warned that members of the group could be hit with more sanctions. The Trump administration imposed the specially designated global terrorist (SDGT) and foreign terrorist organization (FTO) labels on its last full day in office despite warnings by other governments, aid groups and the United Nations that the sanctions they carried could push Yemen into a major famine. President Joe Biden, who took office on Jan. 20, has quickly moved to reverse U.S. policy, aiming to ease the world s worst humanitarian crisis and intensify diplomacy to end Yemen s civil war. This decision is a recognition of the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, Blinken said in a statement on Friday. A State Department spokesman said that SDGT designations by the Trump administration on three Houthi leader
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CHICAGO: The new US administration has condemned the “reprehensible actions” of Houthi terror groups in Yemen, warning that Washington will continue to “keep up the pressure” on the militia’s leadership.
US efforts to end the war in Yemen did not signal a change in its attitude toward the Houthis, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
In a wide-ranging press briefing on Thursday, Price also said that the US opposes “unilateral” action by both sides in the Palestine-Israel conflict and that President Joe Biden was “moving forward” on plans to restore aid to the Palestinians.
Biden lifted the “terrorist” designation imposed on the Houthis by former President Donald Trump during his final days in office. But Price reiterated that sanctions on key Houthi leaders and groups will remain.
The Trump administration imposed the specially designated global terrorist (SDGT) and foreign terrorist organization (FTO) labels on its last full day in office despite warnings by other governments, aid groups and the United Nations that the sanctions they carried could push Yemen into a major famine. President Joe Biden, who took office on Jan. 20, has quickly moved to reverse U.S. policy, aiming to ease the world's worst humanitarian crisis and intensify diplomacy to end Yemen's civil war.