Type:Notice
Citation:86 FR 9568
Reading Time:less than a minute
The State Department has decided to remove the designation of several individuals and a group known as Ansarallah as "Specially Designated Global Terrorists." This decision was made under the authority of Executive Order 13224. The individuals affected by this change are Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and Abdullah Yahya al Hakim, along with their respective aliases. The change was formalized in an announcement by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and will be published in the Federal Register.
Simple Explanation
The State Department has decided to take some people and a group called Ansarallah off a special list of terrorists. It's like saying, "We don't think they're the bad guys we thought they were before."