US imposes sanctions on ‘intl. network financing’ Yemen’s Ansarullah

The United States has imposed sanctions on what it called members of an international network funding Ansarullah, citing the popular Yemeni movement’s retaliatory attacks on the coalition of countries waging war on the country.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) claimed that the network, led by financier Sa’id al-Jamal, had “transferred tens of millions of dollars to Yemen via a complex international network of intermediaries in support of the Ansarullah’s attacks.”

It also said the action was taken “in close coordination and collaboration” with Washington’s regional Persian Gulf partners.

Those targeted include a UAE- and Sweden-based commodities trader and his company as well as money exchange houses in Turkey and Yemen, according to the Treasury statement.

They are accused of shipping fuel, other petroleum products and commodities throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia with the proceeds financing Ansarullah.

The new measure freezes any assets of the designated entities and individuals that are subject to US jurisdiction and generally bars Americans from doing business with them.

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