US to ‘relist Yemen’s Houthis as specially designated global terrorists’

What are claimed to be Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen’s Houthi seized from a vessel in the Arabian Sea (Picture: US Central Command via AP)

US President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as a specially designated global terrorists, sources have said.

It comes after the Houthis launched dozens of attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea.