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US designates Yemen’s Houthis as ‘global terrorists’

Houthi fighters and supporters protest against recent US-led strikes on Yemen [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]

The United States government has announced it is once again designating Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a “terrorist” organisation.

Washington’s move on Wednesday to relist the group as “specially designated global terrorists” comes after the US launched strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the rebels’ attacks on vessels in the Red Sea.

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