The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced new sanctions on Monday targeting two individuals and five business entities suspected of funneling weapons components and aid to the Houthis in Yemen as they 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 disrupting 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 (SDGT) 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 war in the Gaza Strip. The Houthi movement has claimed solidarity with the Palestinian people and has launched attacks on merchant ships it claims are suspected of associating with Israeli interests and Israel’s allies and partners….