Four Houthi leaders have been targeted by US and UK sanctions

USA and UK declared new Sanctions against four key Houthi figures, Two days after the British Prime Minister announced his intention to punish militants in Yemen For attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea from the end of 2023, Bloomberg reported.

According to the same news agency, the list of targets includes Ministry of DefenceMohammed Nasser Al-Atifi, The Naval Commander, Muhammad Fadl Abdul-Nabi. Reuters later added the two names to the list Chiefs of Coast Guard: Muhammad Ali al-Qadiri and Muhammad Ahmad al-Talibi.

The scope of Washington's sanctions Disable any assets The four Houthis in the United States, as well as the Americans, are blocking talks with the Yemeni group.

London has already decreed that there will be four senior figures travel ban, with Frozen products This is With an arms embargo.

“Along with our allies, we will continue to target those responsible for the Houthis' unacceptable and illegal actions, which have put the lives of innocent seamen at risk and disrupted the delivery of aid to the people of Yemen,” British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said. , on a visit to the Middle East.

According to Bloomberg, the sanctions, which are expected to be announced this Thursday, are aimed at disrupting the capabilities of the Houthi group and promoting peace, stability and security in Yemen, which the United Kingdom reiterated.

Attacks in the sea of ​​”dangerous waters” will not end until “food and medicine reaches the citizens of Gaza and Israeli crimes stop,” Houthi leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi said.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced in Parliament on January 23 that he intends to use the best means at his disposal to “cut off the financial resources of the Houthis that are being used to finance these attacks”.

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*News edited by Inez Santinhos Gonçalves