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UK Amends Yemen Sanctions Regime, Drops Entries From Iraq Sanctions List

The United Kingdom amended three entries on its Yemen sanctions regime, the Office of Financial Sanctions said in a Dec. 9 notice. The three are Muhammad Abd Al-Karim Al-Ghamari, Houthi chief of general staff; Yusuf Al-Madani, Houthi's Fifth Military Region commander; and Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer, judicial custodian of properties and funds owned by Houthi opponents. The three were added in November (see 2111120027).

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OFSI also dropped Mahmud Dhiyab Al-Ahmed and Husam Muhammad Amin Al-Yassin from its Iraq sanctions regime. The two Iraqi nationals were placed on the list in 2003.