Price: US Will Maintain Pressure on Leadership of Yemen's Houthis

On Monday, US Department of State spokesman Ned Price said that Washington will continue to pressure the leadership of Yemen's Houthis.

"I think we will certainly keep up the pressure on the leadership of the... movement," Price told reporters.

Price pointed out that the US ended its support for the operations in Yemen, "but the decision does not apply to our operations against Al-Qaeda."

Last week, the State Department informed Congress that it would reverse the Trump administration's decision, which designated the Houthis as a terrorist organization.

Two days ago, the US State Department called on Yemen’s Houthi rebel group Ansar Allah to immediately stop their attacks against Saudi Arabia and to refrain from carrying out military actions inside Yemen.

In a statement, US State Department said, “The US is deeply disturbed by the Houthis’ continuing attacks, and calls on them to immediately stop their attacks against civilian installations in Saudi Arabia, and to halt any new military actions inside Yemen, which in turn only lead to more suffering of the Yemeni people.”

“We urge the Houthis to refrain from destabilizing actions and demonstrate their commitment to constructively engage in U.N. Special Envoy Griffiths’ efforts to achieve peace,” the statement added. “The time is now to find an end to this conflict.”

Last week, Biden named veteran US diplomat Timothy Lenderking as the US special envoy for Yemen in a bid to step up American diplomacy “to end the war in Yemen.”