Biden Admin Open to Revoking Houthi Terror Designation If It Advances Peace Process, Envoy Says

Biden Admin Open to Revoking Houthi Terror Designation If It Advances Peace Process, Envoy Says
Houthi extremists and tribesmen stage a rally against strikes by the United States and the UK on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 14, 2024. AP Photo
Ryan Morgan
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President Joe Biden’s administration is looking for ways to de-escalate the ongoing Red Sea standoff with Yemen’s Houthi rebel faction and may revoke a terror designation placed against the rebels if they stop attacking commercial shipping going through the waterway.

The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, are a Shiite Islamic faction that has intermittently fought with Yemen’s internationally recognized government and its Saudi Arabian allies for years.