US Congress moves to reinstate Ansarullah sanctions on Yemen.
A group of US lawmakers has launched a campaign to reinstate lifted sanctions against Yemen’s Ansarullah.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has distributed a bill to lawmakers calling for Ansarullah to be re-listed as a “terrorist organization” (as defined by Washington), the Washington FreeBiken website reported Monday (November 15th). .
Ted Cruz has repeatedly called on Joe Biden to explain his decision to remove Ansarullah from the list during a Senate hearing.
In the US House of Representatives, as another branch of Congress, Republican Andrew Clyde has introduced a similar bill.
Presenting these plans does not mean that they become law. Legislation of these plans requires that the two bills be approved by the US House of Representatives and then be able to pass a possible veto by the president.
Republican MPs are expected to support the plan.
The move by US lawmakers coincides with the advance of Yemeni Ansar al-Islam forces in the strategic city of al-Hudaidah.
Yemeni media sources reported on Friday (November 12th) that forces affiliated with the Saudi aggression coalition suddenly stormed from many areas around al-Hudaidah (western Yemen), such as the 16-kilometer area of al-Saleh, north of al-Hudaidah. The Brotherhood Industrial and Commercial Complex and the Al-Manzar area south of al-Hudaidah retreated.
The city of Al-Hudaidah, with a population of 2 million, is 230 km from Sanaa and is the second largest city in Yemen after Taiz, and is of great economic importance due to its access to the Red Sea.
In such circumstances, it is possible that the Yemeni resistance forces were able to capture the Saudi aggressors in the siege they had begun with successive field achievements.
The former US administration, led by Donald Trump, in the last days of its presence in the White House in line with the demands of the UAE and Saudi Arabia (two countries adjacent to Yemen) put the name of Ansarullah in the list of so-called “terrorist” organizations and some of its leaders Boycotted.
The Trump administration’s move came as many human rights activists and international organizations warned that the embargo could prevent humanitarian aid from reaching Yemen and exacerbate the tragedy.
Since April 2015, a Saudi-led coalition has targeted the poor country of Yemen with heavy air, land and sea attacks to restore power to ousted Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
These attacks have led to the destruction of Yemen’s infrastructure and the spread of poverty, unemployment and the widespread spread of infectious diseases in this poor Arab country. Tens of thousands of Yemeni civilians have been killed and injured since the attacks began.
