Canada is “currently assessing” whether the Shia Islamist Houthi movement should be added to the terrorist list in response to the Iran-backed group’s attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
In a media statement, a spokesperson for Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the country’s security and intelligence agencies are considering whether the Houthis, which operate primarily in Yemen, meet the explicit criteria for inclusion on the terrorist list.
“We will have more to say in due course,” the spokesperson said.
Canada has faced pressure in recent months to add another group to the list — the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which shot down
