The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions on June 17 that target two individuals and five business entities suspected of funneling weapons components and aid to the Houthis in Yemen, who continue to target commercial ships with drone and missile attacks.
The sanctions come as the United States has been battling to stop the Houthis from launching drone and missile attacks that have disrupted international shipping through the Red Sea and its surrounding waterways.
The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, are a Zaidi Shiite Islamic faction in Yemen that the Biden administration recently listed as a specially designated global terrorist group. The Houthi movement has fought with the internationally recognized Yemeni government for years but has more recently turned its attention to the Israel–Hamas […]
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