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US Sanctions against Houthis over Red Sea Attacks Take Effect

Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)
Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)
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US Sanctions against Houthis over Red Sea Attacks Take Effect

Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)
Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)

US "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" sanctions against the Iran-backed Houthi militias for their ties to attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea took effect on Friday, the US Department of Treasury said in a statement on its website.

The US government last month said it was returning the Yemen-based militias to the global list of terrorist groups in an effort to stem attacks on international shipping.

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Iraq Agrees to Supply Lebanon with Fuel for Six Months

Beirut seen through the smog. (AP)
Beirut seen through the smog. (AP)
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Iraq Agrees to Supply Lebanon with Fuel for Six Months

Beirut seen through the smog. (AP)
Beirut seen through the smog. (AP)

Iraq has agreed to supply Lebanon with fuel for six more months, the office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement on Saturday, renewing a deal meant to alleviate Lebanon's acute power shortage.

Under the heavy fuel oil deal, first agreed in July 2021, Iraq provides the Lebanese government with the fuel in exchange for services including health care for Iraqi citizens.

Lebanon then swaps the heavy fuel oil for gas oil that it can use at its power stations.

These have operated for decades at partial capacity, but electricity provision deteriorated further during a financial crisis that has hit the state's ability to buy fuel.