The General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Ministers of the Interior approved the classification (of the Houthis) as a terrorist group and their inclusion in the list of terrorist organizations included in the Arab black list (perpetrators, organizers and financiers of terrorist acts), and in a statement by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of the Interior of Arab countries states: Classification of the Houthi group as a terrorist organization Both their inclusion on the Arab blacklist and the Houthis were classified as a terrorist organization on January 11, 2021 by the United States of America, and this was widely welcomed by the countries of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the internationally recognized legitimate government.