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Coverage dated March 3, 2025

United States designates Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization

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Hundreds of attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden earned Yemen-based Ansarallah, commonly called "Houthis," a designation as a foreign terrorist organization.

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  1. Fox News

    Houthis designated as foreign terrorist organization, Rubio says (opens Fox News)

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    Secretary of State Marco Rubio said designating the Iran-backed Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization is fulfilling one of President Donald Trump’s first promises.

  2. The Washington Free Beacon

    Trump State Dept. Designates Iran-Backed Houthis as Foreign Terrorist Organization (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The State Department on Tuesday officially designated Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), cementing President Donald Trump's executive order from January.

  3. UPI

    United States designates Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization (opens UPI)

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    Hundreds of attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden earned Yemen-based Ansarallah, commonly called "Houthis," a designation as a foreign terrorist organization.

  4. The Republic

    Trump administration again labels the Houthis a ‘foreign terrorist organization’ (opens The Republic)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Tuesday reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office.

  5. Al Jazeera

    US designates Yemen’s Houthis as ‘foreign terrorist’ organisation (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    United States President Donald Trump had set the motion to redesignate Yemen’s Houthis in January.

  6. The Guardian

    US designates Yemen’s Houthi group as foreign terrorist organization once again (opens The Guardian)

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    Designation comes after Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since the start of Israel-Hamas war

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