Emergency Contact IG Circular: Sanctions update – Yemen trading and designation of Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organisation Home Latest updates News IG Circular: Sanctions update – Yemen trading and designation of Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organisation 28 Apr 2025 View PDF Sign up for alerts This circular provides information, in conjunction with U.S. State Department spokesperson Mrs. Tammy Bruce’s recent press statement on the United States’ position, regarding support to terrorist organisations – such as the Houthis. According to Mrs. Bruce on 9 April 2025, “ The United States will not tolerate any country or commercial entity providing support to foreign terrorist organisations, such as the Houthis, including offloading ships and provisioning oil at Houthi-controlled ports ”. In early March 2025, the Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) designated Ansarallah (i.e. "the Houthis" group in Yemen) as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) pursuant to Executive Order 13224, by updating the existing Ansarallah entry on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). Ansarallah was already listed on the SDN List as a result of the State Department's February 16, 2024, designation of the group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) organisation. Pursuant to the Executive Order 13224, U.S.- and non-U.S. persons using U.S. dollars are prohibited from engaging in virtually any transaction with Ansarallah or any entity owned 50 percent or more by Ansarallah. Furthermore, non-U.S. persons risk secondary sanctions exposure under Section 1(d)(1) of Executive Order 13224, if the US determines that a non-U.S. person has provided material support or assistance to a person designated pursuant to that same order.  Simultaneous with the E.O.’s designation of Ansarallah as a FTO, OFAC issued General License 25A which permitted the delivery and offloading of refined petroleum products for personal, commercial, or humanitarian use in Yem