U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivers remarks during a roundtable treatment with farmers hosted by President Donald Trump successful the Cabinet Room of the White House successful Washington, Dec. 8, 2025.
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The Trump medication issued fresh sanctions on Friday further targeting the Iran-backed Houthis successful Yemen and the transportation of lipid products, weapons and different alleged dual-use instrumentality that it said helped money the group.
The enactment targets 21 individuals and entities arsenic good arsenic 1 vessel, including immoderate alleged beforehand companies successful Yemen, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said successful a statement.
"The Houthis endanger the United States by committing acts of panic and attacking commercialized vessels transiting the Red Sea," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said successful the statement.
The determination builds connected previous Treasury enactment to unit the Houthis "vast gross procreation and smuggling networks, which alteration the radical to prolong its capableness to behaviour destabilizing determination activities," including the Red Sea attacks, the section added.
Since 2023, the Houthis person launched numerous assaults connected vessels successful the Red Sea that they deem to beryllium linked with Israel successful what they accidental is solidarity with Palestinians implicit Israel's warfare connected Gaza.
Tehran's determination sway has been weakened by Israel's attacks connected its proxies, including connected the Houthis successful Yemen.
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