EU adds Iran-backed Houthi militia to black list

BRUSSELS — The European Union (EU) has added the Yemeni Houthi militia to the black list of the union, after Houthi militia, lately, carried out attacks that injured civilians and damaged infrastructure in Yemen.

They also obstructed the delivery of humanitarian aid, applied sexual violence and oppression against women, recruited and used children, used random landmines, attacked commercial ships on the Red Sea with bombs and underwater mines.

The union, under this step, decided to freeze the militia's assets and ban its finance, where this decision matches a previous resolution issued by the UN Security Council on Feb. 28, 2022.

The black list of the EU was made in 2014 under sanctions targeting the war in Yemen.