OFAC sanctions Houthi-linked shipping, oil and finance network
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control added 11 people, 10 entities and one vessel to its Specially Designated Nationals List in an action released Jan. 16, targeting networks linked to Ansarallah. The update also revised the listing for a Dubai trading company already on the sanctions list.
WASHINGTON, January 16, 2026 — The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control added 11 individuals, 10 entities and one vessel to its Specially Designated Nationals List under the counterterrorism program, with all new listings marked as specially designated global terrorists and linked in the notice to Ansarallah or related companies.
The newly listed individuals include nationals of Yemen, Syria, Pakistan, Russia and India. Several were identified as linked directly to Ansarallah, while others were tied to companies including Arkan Mars Petroleum DMCC, Albarraq Shipping Co. and Rabya for Trading FZC.
The entities added to the list span oil trading, shipping, exchange services, aviation and logistics. They are based in Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and the Marshall Islands, and include Adeema Oil FZC, Albarraq Shipping Co., Al-Ridhwan Exchange and Transfer Company, Sama Airline and Wadi Kabir Co. for Logistics Services.
OFAC also added the crude oil tanker Albarraq Z, identified in the notice as linked to Albarraq Shipping Co.
In a separate update to an existing listing, OFAC changed the entry for Abu Sumbol General Trading L.L.C. to Janat Al Anhar General Trading LLC, while retaining the same linked party, Al-Jamal, Sa'id Ahmad Muhammad. The notice said there were no unrelated administrative list changes.
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