U.S. State Dept working to conclude Houthi terrorist designation review as soon as possible - spokesperson

The U.S. State Department has initiated a review of the terrorist designation of the Houthi movement and is working as fast as it can to conclude the process and make a determination, a State Department spokesperson said on Friday.

President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this week said that Washington would take a look at the designation, which U.N. officials and aid groups fear will scare off commercial trade in Yemen, which is facing a large-scale famine with 80 percent of its people in need.