US sanctions leaders of Yemen’s Houthi rebels for ‘prolonging civil war and exacerbating humanitarian crisis’

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The US has slapped sanctions on two key figures of Yemen’s Houthi rebel movement following the Biden administration’s recent calls for the Iran-backed group to help end the Yemeni Civil War.

The Treasury Department said in a statement on Tuesday that it had blacklisted Mansur Al-Sa’adi, the Houthi Naval Forces Chief of Staff, and Ahmad ‘Ali Ahsan al-Hamzi, the commander of the Houthi-aligned Yemeni Air Force and Air Defense Forces. The sanctions effectively amount to US asset freezes.

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