Dozens of local Yemeni, regional and international NGOs have demanded the US to re-designate Houthis as a terrorist group.
The Alliance of Independent Yemeni Women together with 35 other NGOs said in a collectively signed petition addressed to the US government: "The removal of the Houthi group from the FTOs was meant for moderating the wretched humanitarian condition in Yemen, but the Houthi militia got the message wrong and escalated hostilities for one year and a half and avoided engaging in any fruitful discussion, which exacerbated the humanitarian situation and increased the suffering of (Yemeni)civilians."