Bangladesh, April 10 -- In an underreported new development, Washington said it could revoke its recent designation of the Iran-backed Ansar Allah Shia islamist political and military movement, commonly known as the Houthis, as a “terrorist” group in a kind of quid pro quo if the Houthi-based movement stops its ongoing campaign against shipping in the Red Sea. The US special envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, stated, during a press briefing on April 3 that their hope is to “find diplomatic off-ramps” and to find “ways to deescalate”, which would allow Washington to “pull back, eventually, the designation and of course to end the military strikes on Houthis military capability.” Most analysts d...