General License 24 - Authorizing Noncommercial, Personal Remittances Involving Ansarallah (January 17, 2024)

Date issued: Jan. 17 2024

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TURBOFAC Commentary (280 words)

Notes:

1) For relevant background, refer generally to Temporary Note Concerning the Jan. 17, 2024 Redesignation of Ansarallah (the Houthis) as a SDGT Entity, for background concerning the Jan. 17, 2024 Redesignation of Ansarallah and related interpretive issues.

2) This GL is substantively similar to the other non-commercial, personal remittance GLs. Refer generally to General Note on Remittances; Guidance Letters Concerning Personal Remittances, and compare the Taliban/Afghanistan version of this GL (GTSR/FTOSR General License 16). The primary differences between this and the remittance GLs that relate to embargoed destinations are (i) the lack of unnecessary authorization for hand-carrying of remittances (Yemen isn’t embargoed so not presumptively prohibited) and (ii) the "[f]inancial transfers to any blocked person" carveout....