The United States of America announced the entry of the decision to classify the Houthi militia in Yemen, an international terrorist organization, starting from Monday evening, and leaders of the group were also included in the terrorist lists. 

The White House affirmed, in a press statement, that the decision includes adding sanctions against the militia leaders, headed by Mahdi Al -Mashat, the head of the so -called political council, and Muhammad Abdel Salam Felita, who works as the head of the negotiating delegation abroad and a media speaker in its name.

According to the US State Department statement, the classification aims to curb the influence of the Houthi group, and to weaken their military capacity, which the United States said is a threat to it in the region. The US State Department said that Mohamed Abdel Salam is considered one of the most prominent Houthi leaders and represents the general figure of the group in many political and media meetings.

The US State Department accused Mohamed Abdel Salam of promoting the Houthi ideology and coordinating military and media activities. The US State Department stated that the classification of men in the terrorist list reflects the continued violation of the Houthis in Yemen and their threat regional and international security.

The US State Department statement explained that this classification opens the way to imposing additional sanctions against individuals listed in the list, including the freezing of assets and travel ban. On January 22, US President Donald Trump decided to include the Houthi group on the list of "foreign terrorist organizations".

The White House stated, in a statement, the merits of this decision, due to the fact that the Houthi activities "threaten the security of American civilians and employees in the Middle East, and threaten our closest regional partners and world trade stability." This decision came just two days after Trump took over his presidential duties on January 20 to start his second presidential term.