U.S. TO DESIGNATE YEMEN’S HUTHI REBELS AS A TERRORIST GROUP: MIKE POMPEO

Highlights

• This move is likely to complicate the Biden administration’s efforts to restart diplomacy with Iran and to reassess the US relationship with Saudi Arabia

• While Iran has warm relations with the Huthis, Saudi has led a brutal offensive in Yemen

• Huthis currently controls majority of Yemen and is already under the US sanctions

The United States Secretary of State Mike Po....