The UAE embassy in Washington welcomed Joe Biden’s decision to consider adding Ansarullah to the US terrorism list.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency International Group, the UAE has called on the United States to support the inclusion of Ansarullah in its list of “terrorist groups”.
The UAE Embassy in Washington tweeted: Welcomes US President Joe Biden’s remarks on the issue of including Yemeni Ansarullah in the list of terrorist organizations.
The embassy further wrote: “The issue is clear: the firing of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles at civilian targets, the continuation of aggression and the diversion of solutions for the Yemeni people.”
Asked by Al-Arabiya whether he supports the return of Ansarullah to the list of terrorist organizations, Biden said: “The answer to this question is that this issue is being investigated.
The UAE ambassador to the United States, Youssef al-Utaybah, had previously called on the White House and members of Congress to support the re-inclusion of Ansarullah in the list of terrorist organizations.
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Two days ago, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan made such a request in a telephone call with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken.
During Donald Trump’s presidency, the US government placed Yemen’s Ansarullah on its “terrorist” list, but after Joe Biden took office, he reconsidered the former administration’s decision, and the US Treasury Department 16 February announced that it had canceled Ansarullah’s name on the terrorism list.
The Yemeni army on Monday (January 17th) targeted Operation Storm of Yemen with five ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and a large number of UAVs, Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports, the Abu Dhabi Al-Masfa oil refinery and a number of other important and sensitive positions and facilities in the UAE.
Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sari said on Tuesday that the missiles used in Operation Storm Yemeni were Quds 2 cruise missiles that targeted the Al-Masfa oil refinery and Abu Dhabi airport with four similar missiles.