The Biden administration is expected to designate Yemen’s Houthis as a terror group this week, less than three years after reversing a Trump-era decision to add the Iran-backed group, according to sources familiar with the decision.
Some US officials had been lobbying against the move out of fear that the progress made in reaching a fragile ceasefire between warring parties in Yemen would unravel. Others have warned it could make the transfer of aid to parts of the country more difficult, which is considered to be experiencing one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in the world.