OFAC Revises, Begins Winding Down Houthi-Related General Licenses
The Office of Foreign Assets Control last week updated several general licenses related to the Yemen-based Houthis, also known as Ansarallah, the group designated by the Trump administration as a foreign terrorist organization (see 2503040008).
OFAC updated three general licenses to authorize certain transactions involving the group under the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations: agricultural commodities, medicine and medical devices in GL 22A; noncommercial, personal remittances in GL 24A; and third-country diplomatic missions in GL 28A.
The agency also updated three general licenses either to order users to wind down certain transactions or to revise the scope of the license:
- GL 23A eliminates the previous authorization of transactions involving the transmission of telecommunications to or from Yemen. It now only authorizes transactions within Yemen related to the transmission of telecommunications involving the Houthis
- GL 25A winds down previously issued GL 25 by authorizing the delivery and offloading of refined petroleum products in Yemen through 12:01 a.m. ET on April 4, as long as those products were loaded on a vessel before March 5.
- GL 26A now excludes refined petroleum products from goods that can be imported or exported through Yemeni ports and airports.