Middle East
White House considers redesignating Houthis as terror group two years after lifting designation
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the White House is reviewing whether to redesignate the Houthis in Yemen as a State Department Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization more than two years after delisting the group as such.
“We’re actually conducting a review right now on whether that’s the right course forward. We’ve talked about that. No decision is made right now,” Kirby saidTuesday at a White House press conference.
Just The News reports:
The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, were designated as a terrorist group the day before former President Donald Trump left the Oval Office, and the Biden White House delisted them the following month.
Kirby said he does not “have a timeline” for when a final decision would be made on redesignating the Houthis as a terror group but said, “We are reviewing that, that designation as we speak.”
If the group is redesignated, it would be a crime to knowingly provide “material support or resources” to the Houthis and representatives and members of the group would not be admitted to the U.S. if they are not citizens. Additionally, any U.S. financial institution that has control over Houthi funds would maintain control over the money and report it to the Treasury Department, among other things.
The potential relisting comes as Houthi militants have been targeting Red Sea ships consistently since Oct. 7, when Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and killed about 1,200 people.
Several companies, including oil giant BP, said it would pause all shipments in the Red Sea due to the attacks.
Following the release of a Hamas propaganda video with footage of Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander, 20, alive after over 420 days in captivity, as well as the IDF having confirmed the death of American-Israeli Captain Omer Neutra who was abducted during the October 7th attack, Trump is not mincing words.
United States President-elect Donald Trump declared Monday that there will be “hell to pay” if the hostages held by Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza are not freed before his inauguration on January 20. The message marked the first time since November’s election that the former chief executive commented on the situation facing captured Israeli citizens in the coastal enclave, reports Foreign Desk News.
Writing on his Truth Social account, the former president warned the captors, “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity. Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!”
During the October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel, the invaders kidnapped 251 individuals after killing almost 1,200 civilians and responding security forces.
Following negotiations and rescue operations led by the Israeli military over the past year, authorities in Jerusalem estimate about 60 of the 95 remaining abductees are still alive, adds FDN.
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