Anwar Gargash praised US classification of Iran-backed Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization
On Monday, the United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for foreign affairs greeted the United States’ step to classify Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen as a foreign terrorist organization.
Anwar Gargash stated on Tweeter: We welcome the US administration’s decision to classify the Houthi militia as a terrorist organization, and to place its leaders on terrorist lists.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo related in an official statement on Monday that the United States would classify the Iran-backed Houthi militia as a terrorist organization, and three of its heads as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs),
Indeed, previously on Monday, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain greeted the United States’ move to classify the Iran-backed Houthi militia as a terrorist organization.
Otherwise, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that this new step is harmonized with the Yemeni government’s efforts to put an end to the violations of the Iran-backed militia and the real dangers it poses, which has led to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation of the Yemeni people, and the ongoing threats to the international peace and security.
