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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR part 594
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 26
Authorizing Certain Transactions Necessary to Port and Airport Operations Involving Ansarallah
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) 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 operation of, or import or export of goods or transit of passengers through, ports and airports in Yemen are authorized.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) Financial transfers to any blocked person described in paragraph (a), other than for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes, fees, or import duties,...
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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 Venezuela General License 30, authorizing transactions involving the blocked Government of Venezuela that are “ordinarily incident and necessary to operations or use of ports and airports in Venezuela”. This GL covers transactions “that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the operation of, or import or export of goods or transit of passengers through, ports and airports in Yemen”. The two authorizations are similar except that whereas in Venezuela, it is “use of,” and here it...