Washington designates Yemen’s Ansarullah as ‘foreign terrorist organization’
The US State Department has designated Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO),” fulfilling one of President Donald Trump’s first promises upon taking office in January.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Tuesday that the department had restored the designation, noting that Ansarullah’s activities “threaten the security of American civilians and personnel” in West Asia, as well as the safety of Washington’s closest regional partners, and the stability of global maritime trade.
He said Washington “will not tolerate any country engaging with terrorist organizations” like Ansarullah in the name of practicing legitimate international business.
Tuesday’s action by the US State Department is taken pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. FTO designations go into effect upon publication in the Federal Register.
In January, Trump officially designated Ansarullah as a terrorist organization, threatening to mobilize its regional proxies against Yemen in an attempt to pressure the Yemeni people to abandon their support for Gaza.
The designation came in response to the Yemeni army’s military operations on Israeli-occupied territories, and assaults on US Navy warships and Israel-linked vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November 2023, launched in support of Palestinians being killed by Israel in Gaza.
At the time, Ansarullah derided the decision by the US to label the resistance group a terrorist organization, asserting that being included on the US list of friends would have posed a greater threat than terrorism itself.
It also described the US designation as a misguided effort and a testament to the resilience of the Yemeni people.
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