US President Donald Trump’s administration sanctioned seven Houthi leaders and an individual who sent Yemeni civilians to fight for Russia in Ukraine on Wednesday, just a day after re-declaring the group a foreign terrorist organization.

The seven sanctioned leaders “smuggled military-grade items and weapon systems into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen” and negotiated arms deals with Russia on behalf of the Iran-backed group, according to a statement from the US Treasury Department.

Since November 2023, the Houthis have carried out more than 100 attacks on ships off Yemen in support of Palestinian terrorists fighting Israel, disrupting global shipping.

Throughout the war in Gaza, the group repeatedly fired ballistic missiles and drones at Israel. While most were intercepted, the missile attacks caused extensive damage to buildings — including destroying an empty school building at nighttime — and on one occasion killed a man in Tel Aviv.

Among those sanctioned was Mohammed Abdulsalam, the Houthis’ “Oman-based spokesman,” whom the Treasury Department said had played “a key role” in managing the group’s internal and external financing network.

The Treasury Department also sanctioned Mahdi Mohammed Hussein al-Mashat, whom it named as the chairman of the........

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