The latest Houthi-related sanctions come as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia push the Biden administration to designate the Iran-supported group as a terrorist organization.
Thursday, 20 May 2021 23:00
The United States has imposed sanctions on two Houthi military officials leading the Iran-aligned movement s offensive to seize Yemen s gas-rich Marib region, the US Special Envoy on Yemen said on Thursday.
Tim Lenderking urged the group battling a Saudi-led coalition for over six years to de-escalate and engage seriously with US and UN efforts for a ceasefire needed to end the war, a top foreign policy priority for the Biden administration. The Houthis are not winning in Marib. Instead they are putting a great deal of stress on an already very fragile humanitarian situation, they are putting the lives of 1 million internally displaced people . in danger, Lenderking said.
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The United States is imposing sanctions on two Houthi military officials leading the Iran-backed militia’s offensive to seize Yemen’s gas-rich Marib region, the US special envoy to Yemen said on Thursday.
US imposes sanctions on 2 Houthi military leaders May 20, 2021 at 4:45 pm | Published in: Iran, Middle East, News, Yemen
Houthis check weapons on military trucks during a tribal gathering on 1 August 2019 in Sana a, Yemen [Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images] May 20, 2021 at 4:45 pm
The United States is imposing sanctions on two Houthi military officials,
Reuters reported the US special envoy on Yemen saying today.
Tim Lenderking, who has been pushing for a ceasefire between the Houthis and a Saudi-led military coalition, also told a virtual media briefing that all ports and airports in Yemen should be opened to ease a humanitarian crisis.
Riyadh had in March proposed a nationwide ceasefire and the reopening of air and sea links to bolster efforts to end a conflict widely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.