Biden cancels Houthi terror designation, restoring Yemen aid
by Reuters in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#5DV0X)
UN welcomes reversal of Trump-Pompeo order as state department says it is purely to alleviate world's worst humanitarian crisis'
The United States has said it intends to revoke the terrorist designation of the Houthi movement in response to Yemen's humanitarian crisis - reversing one of the most criticised last-minute decisions of the Trump administration.
The reversal, confirmed by the state department, comes a day after Joe Biden declared a halt to US support for the Saudi Arabia-led military campaign in Yemen, widely seen as a proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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