Washington (AFP) – Key US lawmakers on Monday urged a quick reversal of outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s branding of Yemen’s Huthis as a terrorist group, saying he had worsened a humanitarian crisis. “The designation of the Huthis as a terrorist organization is a death sentence for thousands of Yemenis”, said Senator Chris Murphy, a prominent member of President-elect Biden’s Democratic Party. “It will cut off humanitarian aid, make peace talks nearly impossible and empower Iran. Biden should reverse this policy on day one,” he wrote on Twitter. Pompeo late Sunday defied warnings from…
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