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Ansarallah designations lifted and OFAC updates SDN list

On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced he was revoking, effective February 16, the designations of Ansarallah, sometimes referred to as the Houthis, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under the Immigration and Nationality Act and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended. Ansarallah leaders Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim remain sanctioned under E.O. 13611 related to acts that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Yemen.

OFAC has acted to make the appropriate deletions and updates to its SDN List and has revoked certain general licenses related to the State Department action. For details, see BankersOnline's OFAC Update.