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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as specially designated global terrorists, according to two people familiar with the White House decision and a U.S. official.The move comes as the Houthis have launched dozens of attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The group says it has attacked the ships in response to Israel stanley cup 8217 military operations in Gaza in the aftermath of Hamas ; Oct. 7 attack on Israel.The three people familiar with the decision were not authorized to comment and requested anonymity to discuss the matter ahead of the ex stanley cup pected formal announcement. The administration is expected to make the announcement on Wednesday, the U.S. official said.Secretary of State Antony Blinken delisted the Houthis as both foreign terrorist organizations and as specially designated global terrorists in February 2021 as the administration sought to make it easier to get humanitarian aid into Yemen.READ MORE: U.S. conducts another attack against Houthis, hitting anti-ship missilesIn its waning days, the Trump administration designated the Houthis a Foreign Terrorist Organization over the strong objections of human rights and humanitarian aid groups.The foreign terrorist designation barred Americans and people and organi stanley cup zations subject to U.S. jurisdiction from providing material support to the Houthis, which the groups said would result in an even greater humanitarian catastrop Syjy Aleppo Souk: Then and Now
Night vision view of Tomahawk missile fired into Libya. Photo courtesy of Defense DepartmentIt a busy week for the foreign affairs desk. Here are the hot spots our forei af1 gn affairs team will be watching:LIBYA | The U.S.-European bombing of Libyan air defenses over the weekend also launched a debate over what comes next and how to handle Moammar Gadhafi grip on power.But as soon as the military intervention star adidas samba og ted, Arab League chief Amr Moussa appeared to back off support, saying the bombing campaigns were too broad. Western leaders had used the league backing as a reason for their U.N. passage of the no-fly zone. We ;ll be reporting on developments on-air and online.View: The New York Times ; map of the coalition airstrikes and BBC rundown of aircraft involved.BRAZIL | The situation in Libya made it into President Obama remarks to Brazilians du hoka ring his visit to Latin America over the weekend. He will continue on to Chile and El Salvador this week. We ;ve seen the people of Libya take a courageous stand against a regime determined to brutalize its own citizens, the president said in Rio de Janeiro.Read: President Obama full speechJAPAN | On the other side of the globe in Japan, authorities made some progress in keeping the six reactors cool at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. But excessive iodine found in spinach, milk, canola and chrysanthemum greens near the plant served as a reminder that th