US slaps sanctions on two Houthi military commanders
March 02, 2021
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two commanders of the Iran-backed Houthi militia based in Yemen.
Saudi Gazette report
WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two commanders of the Iran-backed Houthi militia based in Yemen.
In a press statement, the US Department of the Treasury said that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) blacklisted two key Houthi militants whose actions have prolonged Yemen’s civil war and exacerbated the country’s humanitarian crisis.
“Mansur Al-Sa’adi and Ahmad ‘Ali Ahsan Aal-Hamzi are responsible for orchestrating attacks by Houthi forces impacting Yemeni civilians, bordering nations, and commercial vessels in international waters. These actions, which were done to advance the Iranian regime’s destabilizing agenda, have fueled the Yemeni conflict, displacing more than one million people and pushing Yemen to the brink of famine,” the statement read.