WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” sanctions against Houthis for their ties to attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea took effect on Friday, the U.S. Department of Treasury said in a statement on its website.
The U.S. government last month said it was returning the Yemen-based rebel groups to the global list of terrorist groups in an effort to stem attacks on international shipping.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Paul Grant; writing by Susan Heavey)
