The US State Department declared Yemen’s Ansarullah a global terrorist group

The United States Department of State announced on Saturday local time that it will declare Yemen’s Houthis (Ansarullah) as a global terrorist group.

The US Department of Treasury announced on February 16 (27th of Bahman 1402) that the sanctions that the United States of America has imposed against this group due to the attacks of Yemen’s Houthis (Ansarullah) on commercial ships in the Red Sea, entered the implementation phase from today.

In 2021, US President Joe Biden’s government removed the Ansarullah movement from Washington’s terrorist list in order to facilitate the Yemeni peace negotiations.

The military bases of the United States of America in Iraq and Syria have been targeted by drone, rocket and missile attacks since October 17 (October 25). The Islamic resistance groups in the West Asia (West Asia) region, including in Iraq and Syria, as well as the Yemeni forces, following the action of the Israeli regime in retaliation for the Al-Aqsa operation and the bombing of the Gaza Strip and Washington’s support for these attacks, have warned the United States that the American bases in They will target the area.

During the past weeks, the Yemeni army targeted several Israeli ships or ships bound for the occupied territories in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab strait in support of the resistance of the Palestinian nation in the Gaza Strip. The forces of the Yemeni army have committed until the Israeli regime does not stop its attacks on Gaza, they will continue to attack the ships of this regime or the ships bound for the occupied territories in the Red Sea.

The forces of the Yemeni army have emphasized that navigation in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea is free for other ships and they enjoy full security.

America and England, together with 8 other countries, attacked the positions of Ansarullah in Yemen on 21st of this month, equal to 11th of January 2024, following the resolution of the United Nations Security Council.

On January 20, 2024, the United Nations Security Council passed the resolution proposed by the United States of America and Japan with number 2722 against Yemen’s Ansarullah regarding the attacks in the Red Sea without mentioning the main reason for these attacks and Washington’s support for the Israeli regime in The bombing of Gaza was approved.

Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, announced in a statement on January 18, 2024, equivalent to January 28, 1402, that Washington has once again included Yemen’s Ansarullah movement in its list of so-called terrorist groups, and this decision will take effect after 30 days. .

Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser of the White House, also claimed that “in response to the continuous threats and attacks in the Red Sea, the United States designated Yemen’s Ansarullah, also known as the Houthis, as a special global terrorist.” If Ansarallah stops its attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, America will immediately reevaluate this designation.

Source: IRNA