Popular welcomes of US designation of Houthis as terrorist organization

Popular welcomes of US moves to designate the Houthi
militia in Yemen as a terrorist organization.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday
that the US planned to blacklist the Iran-backed group this month and place a
number of its leaders on terror lists.
The Secretary General of the GCC Nayef Falah
Al-Hajraf described the move as “a necessary step that is consistent with the
demands of the Yemeni government [which wants] to put an end to violations that
these militias carry out against the brotherly people of Yemen.”
He said the Houthi’s threat to the region was part
of the Iranian regime’s agenda.
Al-Hajraf said he hopes the designation puts an end
to the “terror acts” of the Houthis and its supporters.
He said it would also help block the supply of
ballistic missiles, drones and other weapons that the militia uses to target the
Yemeni people, threaten international shipping and neighboring countries.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have also welcomed the
decision by the US administration.
The UAE Minister for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash
also welcomed the US decision to place the leaders of the militia group in the
terrorist list.
“The Houthi militia’s coup against the state and its
institutions and the Yemeni society and its social and civil fabric sparked
violence and chaos and led to the tragic deterioration of the humanitarian situation
in brotherly Yemen,” Gargash said on Twitter on Tuesday.
Gulf countries back Yemen’s internationally
recognized government, which was driven from the capital Sanaa in 2014 by
Houthi forces. The takeover sparked the conflict which continues today and has
devastated the country.