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The Arab Parliament announced a four-stage international action plan aimed at securing broader terrorist designations for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group, disrupting its financing and arms supplies, and holding those responsible for attacks on Saudi Arabia accountable.
In a written statement, the parliament said the initiative seeks to establish a coordinated international response to Houthi attacks through diplomatic, political and security, judicial, and economic measures.
The plan aims to mobilize international support to stop the attacks and pursue accountability for those responsible.
Under the diplomatic component, the Arab Parliament plans to establish direct contact with the legislatures of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France.
The political and security component focuses on encouraging countries and international organizations that have not designated the Houthis as a terrorist organization to do so, particularly the European Union.
The parliament said it would engage with the European Parliament and the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy to seek the group's inclusion on the bloc's terrorist list.
It also aims to expand sanctions against Houthi leaders and affiliated organizations.
Under the judicial component, the Arab Parliament said it would prepare a dossier documenting alleged Houthi violations constituting war crimes for submission to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
It also plans to encourage relevant countries to use existing legal procedures to prosecute individuals responsible for such violations.
The economic component seeks regional and international cooperation to monitor and disrupt financial and smuggling networks supporting Houthi military operations.
The measures would target commercial networks and money transfers linked to the group's financing, alongside efforts to restrict its access to weapons and other military resources.
The initiative comes amid escalating hostilities between the Houthis and Yemen's internationally recognized government, which is supported by a Saudi-led coalition.
The Houthis have repeatedly launched ballistic missiles and drones toward Saudi Arabia, saying their attacks are in response to military operations against the group.
Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since the Iran-backed Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and several other provinces in September 2014.
A Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.
Fighting between government forces and the Houthis has intensified in recent months, alongside continued attacks targeting Saudi territory.
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