Houthis designated as foreign terrorist organization, Rubio says

The Iran-backed Houthis successful Yemen person been designated arsenic a overseas violent organization, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday, fulfilling 1 of President Donald Trump’s archetypal promises upon taking office.

Rubio said the U.S. "will not tolerate" immoderate state that does concern with "terrorist organizations similar the Houthis."

"Today’s enactment taken by the State Department demonstrates the Trump Administration’s committedness to protecting our nationalist information interests, the information of the American people, and the information of the United States," Rubio said successful the statement. "Terrorist designations play a captious relation successful our combat against coercion and are an effectual mode to curtail enactment for violent activities."

The Houthis person carried out much than 100 attacks connected vessels successful the Red Sea pursuing the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas connected Israel and the ensuing warfare successful Gaza. The U.S. subject has defended its warships patrolling the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, escorting and preventing attacks connected commercialized ships by the Houthis.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday that the Iran-backed Houthis are being designated arsenic a overseas violent organization. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Trump re-designated Yemen’s Houthis arsenic a overseas violent enactment successful January, penning successful an enforcement bid that "the Houthis' activities endanger the information of American civilians and unit successful the Middle East, the information of our closest determination partners, and the stableness of planetary maritime trade."

Houthi rebel fighters march during a rally of enactment for the Palestinians successful the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes connected Yemen extracurricular Sanaa connected Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

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After Trump suggested removing Palestinian from Gaza past month, the Houthis’ leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, said successful a televised code that the radical would instrumentality subject enactment against the U.S. and Israel.

There has been a argumentation statement astatine the highest levels of the U.S. military astir what is the champion mode to antagonistic the Houthis.

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Some suggest a much accepted counterterrorism attack to the Houthis, with persistent strikes targeting the individuals readying and carrying retired the ongoing attacks, portion others privation a much antiaircraft attack that goes aft Houthi infrastructure and weapons-storage facilities.

Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report.