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Biden Urged to Revoke Yemen Houthi's Terrorist Designation

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - Aid agencies are urging the incoming Biden Administration to
   immediately revoke the designation of the Houthi rebel movement in
   Yemen as a foreign terrorist organization to avoid a humanitarian
   catastrophe.
   The secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland,
   calls the Trump administration's last-minute terrorist designation of
   the Houthis, known officially as Ansar Allah, a reckless and
   destructive move.
   "At the time when we were trying desperately to scale up our
   humanitarian work to avoid a famine of epic, biblical proportions, the
   worst famine potentially in our generation'Šthe Trump Administration in
   its final hour sabotaged our scale-up," Egeland said.
   The Houthis control 70% of the country and are the de facto rulers of
   Yemen. They control the main port of Hodeidah, which imports 80% of the
   food, fuel, medicine and other goods coming into the country.

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