UAE asks US to re-designate Houthis as terrorists

Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed asked US Secretary of State Tony Blinken in a phone call Monday to re-designate the Houthi rebels in Yemen as a terrorist organization, a senior Emirati official told Axios.

“During the call between Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed and Secretary Blinken, there was a discussion regarding the idea of re-designation of the Houthis based on their current actions," the senior official said.