US places sanctions on leader backer of Yemen's Houthis

8/7/2015 12:09:54 PM

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Washington United States-

The United States placed two top figures in Yemen's Houthi rebellion on its sanctions blacklist Tuesday following suit after the United Nations approved global sanctions on the two.

The US Treasury Department named Houthi leader Abdul Malik al Huthi and leading backer Ahmed Ali Saleh son of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh to its blacklist freezing any assets they might have on US property and forbidding Americans from dealings with them.

"Using violence and other means Al Huthi and Saleh continue to undermine the political process in Yemen and obstruct the peaceful transition of power" the Treasury said.

It said that the international community has stressed through the UN Security Council's action "that the violent takeover of Yemen by an armed faction is unacceptable and that a legitimate political transition -- long sought by the Yemeni people -- can be accomplished only through political negotiations and a consensus agreement among all of the parties."

The action follows the move by the UN Security Council earlier Tuesday slapping an arms embargo on the Houthi rebels

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