Trump Readies Executive Order Redesignating Houthis as Foreign Terrorist Organization

The Trump administration is readying an executive order that will redesignate the Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), according to senior U.S. officials briefed on the matter.

President Donald Trump is slated to sign the order later on Wednesday, the officials said. The order fully restores tough American sanctions on the Yemen-based terror group that the Biden administration lifted in 2021. Trump added the Houthis to America’s FTO list in the waning days of his first administration, but the Biden White House reversed the move amid efforts to ease diplomatic tensions with Iran.

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