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Yemen’s Houthis say attacks on ships heading to Israel to continue despite US blacklist
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe US re-designation of Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist group will not affect the rebels’ operations to prevent Israeli ships or ships heading to Israel from crossing the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam tells Reuters.
The Biden administration today returned the Iran-aligned Houthi militia to a list of terrorist groups, US officials said, in the latest attempt by Washington to stem attacks by Houthi forces on international shipping in protest over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
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