WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said the State Department was taking a “very urgent and very close look” at the Trump administration designation of Yemen’s Huthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization and wants to make sure aid groups can deliver assistance to the country. And what we want to make sure is that any steps we are taking do not get in the way of providing that assistance,” Blinken told reporters at his first press briefing after being sworn in. The United Nations describes Yemen as the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis, with 80% of its people in need. “We want to make sure that not only are American aid groups able to do what they can to provide assistance, but so are aid groups around the world,” Blinken added. UN officials are trying to revive peace talks to end the war as Yemen’s suffering is also worsened by an economic collapse and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: Egypt Independent January 28, 2021 07:52 UTC