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The Houthis have gone through something of a transformation in their reputation since the onset of Israel’s war on Gaza in October 2023.

US President Donald Trump has re-designated Yemen’s Houthis as a “Foreign Terrorist Organisation” over their attacks on Red Sea shipping and Israel linked to the Gaza war.

The Houthi group said, Tuesday, that the US is preventing the implementation of Yemen’s peace roadmap, emphasizing that Washington supports a “peace that does not lead to internal wars”, Anadolu Agency reports.

Yemen has been relatively peaceful since the start of a UN brokered ceasefire in April 2022, even as the Houthis have attacked shipping in the Red Sea.

Egypt has expressed strong support for the recent agreement between the internationally-recognised Yemeni government and Houthi-led de-facto government in Sanaa, aimed at de-escalating economic and banking tensions and expanding direct flights from Sanaa to include Cairo and India.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry emphasized his country’s support for Yemen when he met with his Yemeni counterpart, Shaya Mohsin Zindani, on Wednesday.

The United States and its allies are increasingly seeking to block funds from reaching Yemen’s Houthi group, a push that could jeapordise United Nations-led efforts to end the civil war in the country, Bloomberg News has reported.

The sad reality today is that Houthi attacks against commercial and naval vessels in the Red Sea have made continued progress towards a sustainable peace elusive,” said Ambassador Wood.