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On March 2, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Asset Controls (OFAC) imposed sanctions on two key militant leaders of the Iranian-backed Ansarallah, also known as the Houthis. OFAC sanctions target Mansur Al-Sa’adi, Houthi naval forces chief of staff, and Ahmad ‘Ali Ahsan al-Hamzi, commander of Houthi air force and air defense forces.
On February 16, 2021, the Biden administration revoked a former Trump administration designation of the Ansarallah (Houthis), but decided to keep three Ansarallah leaders, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi and Abdullah Yahya al Hakim, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin said that the sanctions on the Ansarallah (Houthi) group were revoked “… to ensure that relevant U.S. policies do not impede assistance to those already suffering what has been called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
Houthis accuse US of prolonging war in Yemen
Supporters of Houthis participate in march on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of Houthis control of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on 21 September 2019 [Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency] March 4, 2021 at 11:04 am
The Houthis in Yemen have accused the US of prolonging the war in their country, shortly after Washington imposed sanctions on two of the group s senior leaders. America is condemning itself and confirming that it is not thinking about stopping the aggression, said official spokesman Muhammad Abdul Salam on Twitter. And that it stands behind the prolonging of the war and the exacerbation of the humanitarian crisis.
Houthis claim missile strike against Saudi Aramco site in Jeddah
Men look at a damaged silo following an attack at the Saudi Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia s Red Sea city of Jeddah on November 24, 2020 [FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images] March 4, 2021 at 3:25 pm
The spokesperson for the Houthi-aligned Yemeni army has claimed responsibility for a successful missile strike on an oil facility in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.
Brigadier General Yahya Saree said yesterday that the attack was within the framework of the natural and legitimate response to the continuation of the brutal siege and aggression against our dear people in Yemen. The same Aramco site was reportedly struck last November, in an attack which the Saudi-led coalition later admitted had caused a fire at the plant.
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If US President Joe Biden is really serious about bringing Yemen’s appalling civil war to an end, then his administration needs to act more robustly than the measures it has taken so far in terms of curbing the malign involvement of Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in the conflict.
Having initiated the fighting back in 2014, when Houthi rebels overthrew the internationally recognised government of Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi, the Houthis and their Iranian backers have been primarily responsible for prolonging the conflict by consistently frustrating UN-sponsored efforts to negotiate a lasting ceasefire. The Houthis also bear much of the responsibility for the dreadful humanitarian crisis the country now faces because the Houthis control most of the main aid supplies into the country, and have, in effect, been able to hold Yemen’s starving civilian population to ransom over aid distribution.
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