U.S. Department of the Treasury

WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is intensifying its efforts to disrupt and degrade the illicit shipping and sanctions evasion network of Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani (Shamkhani). This action...

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(MENAFN) The UN Secretary-General has reiterated his demand for the swift release of dozens of UN and humanitarian workers held in Yemen, as the situation reaches the second anniversary of a large-scale arrest campaign carried out by the Houthi...

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(MENAFN) A cargo ship sailing southwest of Yemen was involved in a security incident after a small boat carrying six armed individuals approached the vessel, according to reports citing maritime authorities.

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(MENAFN) Heavy fighting erupted in the western Yemeni province of Hodeidah between government troops and Houthi fighters, according to Yemeni state television reports on Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Fierce fighting broke out Tuesday between Yemeni government troops and Houthi forces in the western province of Hodeidah, reigniting tensions along one of the country's most strategically sensitive frontlines, a state broadcaster...

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(MENAFN) A cargo vessel reported coming under approach from a small boat carrying six armed individuals while sailing approximately 88 nautical miles southwest of Balhaf, Yemen, on Wednesday, according to reports citing a UK maritime authority....