Yemeni Minister of Information Calls on Int''l Community to Designate Houthi Militia as Terrorist Organization

(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) Aden, May 24, 2021, SPA -- Yemeni Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Muammar Al-Iryani called on the international community to designate the Houthi Militia as a terrorist organization, adding that the recently-imposed sanctions on a number of Iran-backed Houthi militia leaders, reaffirmed the US administration's move towards rescinding its decision to revoke designing the Houthi militia as a terrorist organization. He said that the US decision was a step basically taken to encourage Houthi militia to engage in the endeavor exerted to bring about tranquility and peace in Yemen, but the militia deemed it a green light for further escalation, politically as well as militarily. He called on the international community to reconsider the way they deal with the Houthi militia and work to designate them as a terrorist organization as an important step to dry out their financial resources and reduce their ability to carry out their terrorist activities and, instead, push them to seriously engage in the world efforts to bring about peace in the region, --SPA 20:24 LOCAL TIME 17:24 GMT 0035 MENAFN24052021000078011016ID1102128863