BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s government on Thursday retracted a terror designation for Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and Yemen’s Houthi rebels , just weeks after imposing the measure it now says was a mistake. The government’s retraction came hours after reports first circulated about the designation, which was an error made “before reviewing,” according to a statement. The initial decision, published in the official Iraqi gazette on Nov. 17, had placed the two groups — both allies of Iran and