Yemen asks international community to designate Houthis as terrorists‏

Yemeni Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Muammar Al-Eryani called on the international community to designate the Houthi militia as a terrorist organization.

He added that the recently-imposed sanctions on a number of Iran-backed Houthi militia leaders, reaffirmed the US administration's move towards rescinding its decision to revoke designing the Houthi militia as a terrorist organization.

He said that the US decision was a step basically taken to encourage Houthi militia to engage in the endeavor exerted to bring about tranquility and peace in Yemen, but the militia deemed it a green light for further escalation, politically as well as militarily.

He called on the international community to reconsider the way they deal with the Houthi militia and work to designate them as a terrorist organization as an important step to dry out their financial resources and reduce their ability to carry out their terrorist activities and, instead, push them to seriously engage in the world efforts to bring about peace in the region, Saudi Press Agency reported.