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The United States has always used classifications as a means of enhancing its dominance, but the reality has changed today, as people have become more aware and stronger in resisting these pressures.
Yemen is a living example of this shift, as Sanaa’s classification as a terrorist organization actually reflects an American recognition of the United States’ inability to impose control, after its failure on the military and economic levels.
This classification will not affect Sana'a, but rather enhances its steadfastness and makes it a difficult number in the region. While America is betting on isolating the forces that oppose it, it finds itself every time facing a new reality that redefines influence and resistance.
Yemen today presents a model for this resistance. After America announced the classification of Ansar Allah as a terrorist organization in 2021, the decision was an admission of American impotence in the face of the will of the Yemeni people, and the classification came as a result of Washington’s failure to control the situation in the region.
While this classification was apparently an American attempt to pressure Sana’a, in reality it was nothing more than a declaration of weakness. For years, the United States has tried to impose its hegemony over Yemen through military and economic tools, but it failed to achieve its goals. The classification was a last resort weapon in a losing battle.
It is not surprising that regimes that do not conform to American policies become targets on terrorist lists. Washington has long used this tactic with countries and movements that limit its influence. However, this classification remains empty in the case of Yemen, which does not rely on the Western financial system and does not abide by American laws that it uses as tools of pressure.
The American classification does not have a significant impact on the ground, because Sana’a no longer needs American recognition, and the siege and sanctions did not prevent Yemen from continuing on its steady path. Rather, such decisions may become an additional incentive to push more peoples to join the path of resistance.
Looking at the history of these classifications, we find that the United States has led this political game several times. On January 19, 2021, Ansar Allah was classified for the first time as a terrorist organization, in a move that observers described as a result of the American inability to influence the Yemeni scene. With the return in 2025 to this classification, the United States appears in a weaker position.
At the same time, political analysts expressed their mockery of this classification, considering it nothing more than a desperate attempt to contain a movement that has begun to impose itself as a regional power. They believed that the classification will not change the political reality in Yemen, but will increase the resistance of the Yemeni people, who have shown unprecedented steadfastness.
Analysts added that this classification will have dire consequences for American and Israeli interests in the region, as the potential escalation in the Red Sea may pose a threat to both the United States and the Zionist entity, as the classification will enhance the position of Ansar Allah and make popular support for them stronger.
The United States did not provide any logical justification for the classification, except that Ansar Allah targets American and Israeli ships in the Red Sea, but if this is the standard for terrorism, why is Israel not included on the terrorism list, as it commits massacres against the Palestinians on a daily basis?
The American classification clearly shows how Washington deals with movements that affect its interests. When these movements are weak, it ignores them or tries to contain them, but when they become an effective regional power, they suddenly turn into terrorists. However, on the ground, it does not seem that the decision will bring about a real change.
After years of siege and aggression, Sana'a has proven that it is able to withstand and adapt to all challenges. This continued steadfastness has become a model to be emulated, and the American classification has become evidence of Washington's failure to influence the will of the Yemeni people.
This is what the leader of the revolution, Mr. Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, indicated, considering the decision as evidence of the United States’ inability to influence Yemen and its people, and part of the American policy of confusion in the region, indicating that it will not change the resolve of the Yemeni people, but will be an incentive to continue the resistance with all strength.
Observers confirm that if America is betting that this classification will lead to the isolation or weakening of Sana’a, its bet is wrong because history has proven that the powers that Washington classifies today become part of equations that it cannot overcome tomorrow, and what is happening in Yemen is not just a military confrontation, but a strategic shift that redraws the map of influence in the region.
Ultimately, American hegemony is no longer imposed through decisions, and the classification as terrorism is no longer a weapon capable of changing reality. Yemen, with its steadfastness and strength, is not only breaking this classification, but is breaking the entire American dictionary, redefining who is a terrorist, who is a resister, and who has the right to determine the fate of peoples.
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