WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said he will revoke terrorist designations of Yemen’s Huthi movement effective Feb. 16, even as he warned that members of the group could be hit with more sanctions. “This decision is a recognition of the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen,” Blinken said in a statement on Friday. “We will continue to closely monitor the activities of Ansarallah and its leaders and are actively identifying additional targets for designation,” Blinken said, using a term by which the Huthi movement also is known. The war pits the Iranian-aligned Huthi movement against Yemen’s internationally recognized government, which has been backed since 2015 by a Saudi-led military coalition. “We are putting a priority on diplomacy broadly.”Reporting by Jonathan Landay and Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by William Maclean and Grant McCoolBy ,

Source: Egypt Independent February 13, 2021 07:52 UTC