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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR part 594
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 24
Authorizing Noncommercial, Personal Remittances Involving Ansarallah
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, all transactions prohibited by the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (GTSR), involving Ansarallah, or any entity in which Ansarallah owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the transfer of noncommercial, personal remittances to or from an individual in Yemen, are authorized, provided the individual is not a person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to the GTSR.
Note to paragraph (a). Noncommercial, personal remittances do not include charitable donations of funds to or for the benefit of an entity or funds transfers for...
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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....