On Tuesday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it completed a transfer of numerous weapons and ammunition seized from Iran to Ukraine in the last week. Those munitions include machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, and hundreds of thousands of rounds, seized from vessels belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and intended to reach the Houthis in Yemen.
The Houthis were designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. Government in January, citing “unprecedented attacks against United States military forces and international maritime vessels operating in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.”
A statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said,
Today, in response to these continuing threats and attacks, the United States announced the designation of Ansarallah, also known as the Houthis, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. This…
