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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UK plan to label Houthis as terrorists risks disaster in Yemen, aid bodies warn

People collect drinking water from a donated water pipe on the roadside in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a.
People collect drinking water from a donated water pipe on the roadside in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA

Yemen could be afflicted by an even worse humanitarian catastrophe if the UK government goes ahead with a plan to designate the Houthi rebels as a terrorist group, leading aid agencies have warned cabinet ministers in a letter.

The 11 UK agencies are some of those most active in Yemen, and include Save the Children, Care, the International Rescue Committee and Islamic Relief.

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